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Qualifying in cities wraps up this week Qualifying began Monday for the 32 seats up for re-election in Jackson County municipalities and, at the close of business on Tuesday, several races were already drawing the interest of multiple candidates.

In Braselton, the District 1 seat now held by Richard Mayberry, who has qualified to seek re-election, also has Becky Richardson and Robert William Martin Jr., as candidates. On Tuesday, incumbent District 3 councilman Tony Funari was the only qualifier for that post. Qualifying was to end at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

In Hoschton, Michelle Forthofer had qualified to seek a council post. There are three council seats on the November ballot. Qualifying in Hoschton was to wrap up at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2.

According to Jackson County elections supervisor Lori Wurtz, “If you are interested

Incumbent mayors in Nicholson, Commerce draw opposition as do some council members in qualifying for a position, please contact your city clerk for a list of eligibility requirements.”

In Jefferson, three council seats will be on the upcoming ballot. Those seats are District 1, currently held by Steve Kinney, District 3, held by Steve Quinn, and District 5, held by Don Kupis. The incumbents had qualified to seek re-election by Tuesday. The qualifying fee is $75 and qualifying concludes at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 4, at city hall.

Qualifying is also being held for three Jefferson Board of Education posts, District 1, held by Angela D’Zamko, District 3, held by Willie Hughey, and Guy Dean Benson’s District 5 seat. The qualifying fee for the school

board is $36. Hughey qualified as of Tuesday.

Arcade was conducting qualifying for three at-large council posts through 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday at city hall. Incuments Dean Bentley, Cindy Bone and Tom Hays had qualified by the close of business Tuesday.

In Commerce, qualifying was to end Wednesday for the posts of mayor and three council seats as well as three board of education posts. Current mayor Clark Hill has qualified as has Perry Faison. Mark Fitzpatrick has qualified for Ward 3; Bobby Redmon has qualified for the Ward 4 post; and Johnny Eubanks has qualified to seek re-election as Ward 5 councilman.

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tion posts had drawn two challenged races by Tuesday with District 3’s Bill Davis gaining Tony Allen and Jimmy Miller as challengers.

Rodney Gary, the current District 4 member, is being challenged by Allison Davis. District 6 board member Paul Sergent qualified on Monday.

A mayoral race will also on the ballots in Maysville, Nicholson and Pendergrass.

In Maysville, Richard Presley has qualified to seek re-election as mayor. Qualifying was to wrap up Wednesday. For the two council posts, Ward 2’s Junior Hardy and Ward 4’s Scott Harper also qualified to seek re-election by the close of Tuesday’s business.

Qualifying at Nicholson City Hall wraps up at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 4, and Mayor Ronnie Maxwell, seeking another term, has already

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Jefferson adds soil erosion/ inspector due to growth

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Push for the Primal Rush 2015 finish line

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Runners of all abilities lined up at the starting line at Crow’s Lake for the third annual Primal Rush race on Saturday, Aug 29, however, things were a bit different this year, due to the lack of obstacles.

Primal Rush was a trail run this year, and the fundraiser for The Tree House, the children’s advocacy center serving Jackson, Barrow and Banks counties, offered participants the opportunity

to experience a 5K, 10K or a half marathon. A handful of runners even ran back-toback races and participated in both the 5K and the 10K. All three events took runners through the dense woods of Crow’s Lake, yet the course was marked very well to ensure no one became lost. And, of course, with a wooded trail comes the grueling hills and the tree stumps that can cause tripping if runners do not look out for them as they take each step. That just added to the

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Runners were set to go at the starting line of Primal Rush – this year presented as a 5K, 10K and half marathon trail run as well as a kids’ fun run – held Aug. 29 at Crow’s Lake in Jefferson. Results were handled by Classic Race Services can be found at www.active.com. See more at ClickThePaper.com

With the intention of having a soil erosion/building inspector trained up and ready to go by the first of the year, the Jefferson City Council Monday approved a budget amendment to fill the position.

With 295 building inspections being conducted each month for the past seven months and 108 permits issued with seven more applications submitted, the planning and development department is in need of additional manpower.

The 2015 budget was amended to provide for the salary and related expenses, training and vehicle for the new position which will initially be posted internally. The employee would primarily handle soil erosion matters but will also get trained in inspections.

At Monday’s meeting, Mayor Roy Plott provided information about the possible location of four electric vehicle charging stations by EnviroSpark. Two of the suggested locations would take parking spaces from the downtown shopping area but cost the least with only $4,626 and $3,685. The site at the Jefferson Public Library would cost more than $19,000 because of the distance electricity would have to be run and fire marshal approval is required.

The council then went into executive session to discuss personnel.

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Adult Education honors awarded in Jackson County The Jackson County Certified Literate Community Program (CLCP) and the Jackson County Adult Education Program at Lanier Technical College recently held the annual honors day event to celebrate the achievements of the students in the GED programs.

The event was held at the Potter’s House. The CLCP provided the meal for the event and it was prepared and served by the Potter’s House chefs.

After the meal, Sandra Fite, director of the CLCP, welcomed everyone to the celebration and Emory Waters, a GED student, led the group in the pledge of allegiance. A beautiful rendition of the national anthem was delivered by GED student, Rachel Phillips, following the pledge.

Brenda Thomas, executive director of Adult Education of Lanier Technical College, delivered opening remarks before certificates of completion were awarded to the students in attendance.

There were 96 level completions for the classes at the

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Commerce, South Jackson, Potter’s House and Jackson County Correctional Institute locations.

Gwenn Evans, Adult Education lead instructor for the Jackson County programs, spoke about the hard work and diligence that each person had shown as they studied and completed levels in their quest to get their GED. Kimberly Wentworth, ESL/Citizenship and GED instructor, recognized the new United States citizens that were in attendance. The CLCP gave each new citizen a United States flag to display in their homes. The new citizens are Febe Alizaga, Alba Atkins, Rosa Medrano, Reina Meeks, Angel Zelayaand Ruby Foster.

The programs are blessed to have wonderful volunteers and tutors and in recognition of their support and assistance, the CLCP presented each one with a beautiful hand-made wooden pen. Each pen is unique in the beauty and color of the wood just as each volunteer is unique in what they have to give to the programs, Fite

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James Pinion was honored as Volunteer of the Year with an engraved plaque presented by Gwenn Evans. said. Evans presented a special plaque to James Pinion who was named “Volunteer of the Year.”

The CLCP awards special post-secondary scholarships each year.

A $500 Southeast Toyota Scholarship was awarded to Terese Williams. Al Green, vice president of vehicle processing for Southeast Toyota,

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The Jackson County Certified Literate Community Program (CLCP) and the Jackson County Adult Education Program recently honored GED program participants earning certificates of completion.

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QUALIFYING Continued from 1A

drawn opposition from Steve Wilbanks.

The qualifying fee is $144. Also qualifying by the end of Tuesday to seek council posts were Mike Barfield and Gwendle Bartlett.

Pendergrass Mayor Melvin ”Monk” Tolbert has qualified to seek another term.

Two council posts, currently held by Hilda Gee and Thomas Marlow, will also be on the ballot. That qualifying fee is $35.

Two council posts will be on the Talmo ballot and incumbent Myra McEver has filed qualifying paperwork. Qualifying was to close at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Seat 2, currently held by Dana Woods, will also

be on the ballot and James Buffington has qualified to seek the post.

Wurtz reminds the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 3 General Election is Monday, Oct. 5.

“This is also the deadline to change your address prior to the election, which is very important for those who move into or out of a city limit boundary,” said Wurtz, who encourages voters to contact her office, located in the Jackson County Administrative Building, located at 67 Athens St., in Jefferson, by calling 706-367-6377, to verify voter registration information.

You can get additional voter registration information by visiting the website of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp at www. sos.ga.gov.

The Braselton Brothers Store will be one of the attractions on the history tours.

Braselton to host ‘walk through history’ tours The Braselton Main Street program is sponsoring “walk through history” tours on each Friday in September.

The one-hour tours will highlight the historic significance of the Braselton Brothers Store, the roller mill and some downtown homes.

All tours are free and guests will receive bottled water and a koozie. The tours are designed to promote the town’s historic preservation projects.

The Sept. 4 and 11 tours begin at 6 p.m. at

the Braselton Downtown Development office on Frances Street. The Sept. 18 and 25 tours begin at 5 p.m.

The downtown development office is naer the Braselton Farmers Market which is held each Friday from 4-7 p.m. at the corner of Davis and Harrison streets through Oct. 16.

Call 706-684-0369 or e-mail apinnell@ braselton.net for additional information.

Visit www.downtownbraselton.com for all events, schedules and opportunities.

braselton.net. All proposals must be received as a hard copy and may not be submitted electronically. A bidder will be selected at the discretion of the town manager no later than Oct. 19.

Upon award the contractor must provide a $1 million liability insurance binder naming the town as additional insured.

Submitters are asked to refer all inquiries and questions to Town Manager Jennifer Dees at jdees@braselton.net

Bridge repair on Silk Tree Point needed

Sealed bid proposals are being received by the Town of Braselton for furnishing all materials, labor, tools, equipment and any other miscellaneous items necessary for the completion of the Silk Tree Point wooden bridge repair.

Bids will be received at the town until 10 a.m. on Sept. 14, and the manager is responsible to ensure compliance with the Title VI implementing regulations.

Bids shall be delivered to: Jennifer Dees, Town Manager, Town of Braselton Town Hall P. O Box 306 4986 Highway 53 Braselton, GA 30517

Long Museum is offering essential oils lunch & learn The Crawford W. Long Museum is offering a “Basics of Essential Oils” Lunch and Learn program for the community on Thursday, Sept. 17.

Heather Swanepoel, founder of Rinse Bath & Body, has been crafting handmade and natural personal care products since 2002.

Swanepoel acknowledged, “I was in desperate need of a hobby and knew my self-taught knitting skills weren’t going to get me very far so I found a soap making class which I loved. Learning about ingredients and formulating with all different ones made soap making quickly snowball into creating all sorts of other products including lip balms, solid lotions, scrubs, lotions, and oils.”

Natural products are the focus for Rinse Bath & Body making essential oils a very important ingredient.

Swanepoel takes her 13 years of research, recipes and experiences, plus a staff of 12 fabulous ladies in the downtown Monroe shop to hand make all that Rinse has

to offer. Rinse’s products are currently carried in more than 350 retail locations across the country including two stores in Walt Disney World, and are available online and through select catalogs. For more information, visit www.rinsesoap.com.

Their products are never tested on animals…only on dirty humans.

The presentation will share an unbiased perspective on the world of essential oils covering the basics of where oils come from and how they are processed.

The class will highlight Swanepoel’s favorite basic oils including Eucalyptus, Lavender, Peppermint and Tea Tree along with some popular essential oil blends and the different ways they can be utilized. The event will be held upstairs at the Museum from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the program beginning at noon.

The quarterly lunch and learn program is a free program for the community. Those who attend may bring lunch or pre-order a bag lunch for $6. Call the museum at 706-367-5307 to

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Canine tests positive for methamphetamine

A Jackson County man has been charged after authorities say his dog tested positive for methamphetamine.

Authorities told media outlets on Thursday, Aug. 27, that Marty Rogers faces several charges, including cruelty to animals.

The sheriff’s department says 47-year-old Rogers took his small terrier-mix dog named Little Guy to a veterinary clinic in Hoschton on Aug. 17, where veterinarians discovered meth in the dog’s system.

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Braselton seeks bids for tree-lighting, bridge repair The Town of Braselton is hoping to light up its downtown for the holidays with the annual tree-lighting ceremony set for Nov. 14.

The town is accepting bids through 3 p.m. on Sept. 14 for the installation of 21,800 lights on 35 trees located in the tree wells along the roads in historic downtown Braselton.

Any tree pruning necessary to be provided by approved contractor in accordance with arborist standards.

Lights which are being provided by town are minilights.

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Continued from 1A The position of city manager remains unfilled although duties are being handled by clerk and assistant city manager Priscilla Murphy.

At its Aug. 24 meeting, the council also made a budget adjustment to provide for a fire suppression system for the Crawford W. Long Museum.

Bids were still coming in for the project which has been on the radar for a couple of years.

It was anticipated the project would come in under budget.

Authorization was provided so the final budget proposal could be ready for required advertisment.

The proposed budget is now available for review at city hall and online at www.cityofjeffersonga.com with the final budget review and

Veterinarians at the clinic said the dog was extremely nervous, panting and pacing and tests showed what may have been the cause.

Sheriff’s Capt. Rich Lott says deputies worked with the county’s animal control to obtain a warrant charging Rogers. Lott says when officers went to serve the arrest warrant, they were able to search Rogers’ home and found a quantity of the drug.

Lott says the dog was taken away by animal control officers.

public hearing set for 6 p.m. on Sept. 14 at Jefferson Station. Adoption of the budget is anticipated at the Sept. 28 meeting.

Tax bills would be mailed out by the Jackson County Tax Commissioner’s office on Oct. 16 with a Dec. 20 due date.

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order lunch or confirm attendance no later than Tuesday, Sept. 15. Lunch can be pre-paid with a credit card over the phone or stop by the museum at 28 College St., in Jefferson, to pay with cash or check.

This will be the last lunch and learn program being offered by the Crawford W. Long Museum as allocation of staffing and resources is prompting the museum to refocus its endeavors, according to manager Vicki Starnes.

“The community can look for adult luncheon programs to be offered by the Jefferson Public Library next year,” said Starnes.

Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Heritage OB/GYN welcomes Kimberly M. Barrett, DO, to the group.

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EDUCATION Continued from 1A was present to award the certificate to Williams. Green spoke to the group and told them that 35 years before he received his GED just as some of them were doing.

Green was a great inspiration to all as he showed what can be accomplished if you put hard work into everything you do.

A $500 Lamar Gailey Scholarship was awarded to Desmond Vaird.

There were three $300 Joy Bates Scholarships awarded to Timothy Dzimianski, Alicia Snow and Vivian Purvis.

Anita Brown, Jackson County Community Outreach secretary, was on hand to present $1,000 scholarships to Alicia Snow and Vivian Purvis. Each of these scholarships will help GED graduates to continue their education and pursue jobs in exciting new fields.

In addition to the scholarships, GED graduates receive $500 HOPE vouchers that can be used in further educational pursuits.

A special award is given each year in memory of Sue Mealor, former chairperson

of the CLCP and a booster for adult education. The award is presented to the GED student with the highest score on the test. This year’s recipient, Timothy Dzimianski, not only had the highest score in Jackson County but is an honor GED graduate for the State of Georgia.

The Randy Evans EAGLE Award is given in memory of Evans to the Jackson County EAGLE winner for Lanier Technical College. Evans was the very first EAGLE winner for Jackson County and was a member of the Jackson County CLCP. The award was presented to Sarah Howe.

The Sumner Smith Student of the Year Award is presented in memory of Smith who was a long-time member of the adult education board in Jackson County and was always involved in education. The award was presented to Vivian Purvis.

There is a special National Adult Education Honor Society for GED students and each year there are Jackson County students inducted into this special group.

Nominations are based on dependable attendance, a cooperative attitude toward peers and faculty and dem-

Vivian Purvis and Alicia Snow received scholarships from the Jackson County Community Outreach and Purvis also earned the Sumner Smith Student of the Year award.

Silas Martin was among those inducted into the National Adult Education Honor Society. onstrated effort and initiative while performing school related tasks. This year’s inductees were Ben Denard, Dany Her, Silas Martin, Lori McElroy, Ginger Nichols, Vivian Purvis, Dorothy Sede, Elroy Sewer, Jonah Sullivan, Desmond Vaird, Terese Williams and Punsong Wolf.

The Potter’s House recognized Brenda Thomas, Lanier Technical College staff member; Gwen Chung, GED instructor; and Larry Mauzey, GED instructor and tutor, for the work and support they give to the GED program located at the Potter’s House. A plaque was also presented to Thomas for Lanier Technical College in appreciation of the GED class that they provide at the Potter’s House.

Fite closed the evening by thanking those in attendance for their support of the GED efforts in Jackson County.

“These GED students could not achieve their goals without the help and support of the people in this room. Family members and friends encourage students

Free ESL classes offered West Jackson Middle nication skills, college opportunities, GED preparation, citizenship test preparation, basic computer skills and more. To register for this free event, call Lisa Paez at 706-372-1424.

Gwenn Evans, Jackson County Adult Ed lead instructor, and Lisa Paez, Lanier Technical College transition specialist, will present an overview of free services and classes offered.

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to continue to attend class, continue testing and complete their objective - obtaining their GED”, Fite said.

She urged everyone to reach out to people they know that don’t have a high school diploma or GED and encourage them to begin working

toward their GED. “Once they make the commitment to start, the instructors and volunteers will make it easy for them to continue. They just need to walk through the door,” she said.

Open GED and ESL classes are taught in Com-

merce at the Lanier Tech campus, South Jackson Elementary School and Braselton Community Building.

Closed classes are taught at the Potter’s House and the Jackson County Correctional Institute. Contact Gwenn Evans at 770-535-6277.

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Open house is Sept. 9 West Jackson Middle School is partnering with Lanier Technical College Department of Adult Education to offer adult education classes to the community.

“A Taste of Success” open house is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9.

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OBITUARIES Jimmy Anglin

Died Aug. 27, 2015 Jimmy “Log” Anglin, 77, of Maysville, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, at his residence.

Born in Atlanta, he was a son of the late James Clyde and Susie Lord Anglin. He was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, a United States Army veteran and was a member of Hudson Lodge #294 F&AM. He was retired from the floor covering industry. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Hilda Ann Mathis Anglin.

Survivors include his daughters, Susan Redmon of Commerce, Sandy Davis and Cathy Anglin, both of Maysville, and Jimmie Elrod of Gillsville; sisters, Alice Whitener of Danielsville and Mary Wade of Commerce; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at Unity Christian Church with Mr. Mike Thompson and the Rev. Donald Wilson officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.

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Jim Baker

Died Aug. 27, 2015 Jimmy “Jim” B. Baker, 71, of Nicholson, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, at his home due to a work accident.

Born Jan. 9, 1944, in Commerce, he graduated from Commerce High School in 1962. He served in the United States Army from June 1965 to June 1967 with a tour of duty in Vietnam. Jim retired in 2007 from Reliance Electric in Athens. A master wood worker, he created many beautiful pieces of furniture for their home and for many others. He was preceded in death by his mother, Needer Mathis; and grandparents, Boney and Georgia Baker.

Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Evelyn Carlan Baker; sister, Mae Fitzpatrick of Hull; brother and sister-in-law, Dewey and Lynda Baker of Commerce; and a number of brothersin-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews who loved him very much.

Graveside services were held Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015 in the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery in Lula with the Rev. Gene Carlan officiating.

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Becky Austin DeLay

Died Aug. 28, 2015 Becky Austin DeLay, 78, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015.

The daughter of the late John Rich and Lillie Helton Austin, she had resided in Barrow County for most of her life. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Benny DeLay Sr.; and daughter, Kathy Vanderford. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church and was the owner of DeLay’s Day Care.

Survivors include her children, Dawn Queen, Benny DeLay Jr., and Penny Hilliard, all of Winder; six grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; and sisterin-law, Claudette “Bootsie” Austin of Hoschton.

A funeral service was held Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, at Morningside Baptist Church.

Interment was in Barrow Memorial Gardens.

Memorials may be made to Morningside Baptist Church, 580 Miles Patrick Road, Winder, GA 30680.

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Crystal M. DeLong

Died Aug. 26, 2015 Crystal M. DeLong, 34, of Flowery Branch, died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, surrounded by family, following an extended battle with cancer.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, in the chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home with interment following at Memorial Park South Cemetery. Pastor Matt Piland officiating Born Sept. 25, 1980, in Jeanette, Penn., she was a daughter of Daniel and Lillian Steffey of Flowery Branch. She was a member of 12 Stone – Flowery Branch and a certified LPN. Survivors, in addition to her parents, include her daughter, Kaitlyn DeLong of Flowery Branch;; sisters, Melissa Brookshire of Hoschton and Angie Mann of Winder; and nephews, Tyler, Zander, Truce and Riot.

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Alva Daniel Hand Jr., 78, of Gainesville, died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, with his family.

Graveside services were held Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at Memorial Park South Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 1101 Northchase Parkway, Marietta, GA 30067, www.heart. org.

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Daniel Paul Hanson Jr.

Died Aug. 29, 2015 Daniel Paul Hanson Jr., 54, of Auburn, formerly of Massachusetts and Maine, died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015.

Hanson Survivors include his wife, Deana Griffin Hanson; daughter, Carolyn Hanson; father, Daniel Paul Hanson Sr.; son, Michael Sanders and wife Brandi; stepbrothers, Gene Robinson, Timmy Robinson, Richard Robinson, Peter Robinson and Billy Robinson; sister,Teri Spears; one granddaughter; and a host of other relatives.

Mr. Hanson was preceded in death by his mother, Maxine Schurman; and stepmother, Nancy Hanson.

A private memorial was held with family.

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Winnell Jordan

Died Aug. 28, 2015 Winnell Jordan, 82, of Gainesville, died Friday, Aug. 28, 2015 at her residence.

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Died Aug. 25, 2015 Ronald James Pruette Sr., 63, of Jefferson, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015.

Born in Atlanta, he was a son of the late James Carroll Pruette and the late Helen Spearman Pruette. He was a truck driver in the movie industry and was a member of Teamster Union # 728 of Atlanta. H was also preceded inn death by a daughter, Trisha Marie Pruette Best.

Survivors include his sons, Ronald James Pruette Jr., of Jefferson, Corey Albert Vines of Cedartown and Shane Blankenship of Flow-

Beulah Tolbert Smith

Died Aug. 27, 2015 Beulah Tolbert Smith, 92, of Nicholson, passed on to be with our Lord on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, surrounded at home by her loving family.

Born Feb. 24, 1923, in Jackson County, she was a daughter of the late Joe Ed and Woodie Jackson Tolbert.

She was a loving wife and mother, homemaker and caregiver, community volunteer and church worker.

Mrs. Smith had seven children and cared for those and many more. She was a celebrated volunteer with the American Heart Association for more than 30 years.

She was an active member of Antioch United Methodist Church for 76 years. She supported her husband and family in all their many endeavors and was recognized as a Georgia Merit Mother in 1998. Her passions were her Lord and church, family and friends and creating joy for others through sewing, cooking and growing flowers. She was the proud matriarch of the 7G’s Farm.

She was also preceded in

death by her husband, Roy N. Smith; daughter, Gail Smith; son, Gary Smith; and brothers Billy, Paul, Lee and Ed Tolbert.

Survivors include her sons, Greg Smith (Jennie) of Nicholson and Glenn Smith (Terri) of Macon; daughters, Gloria Agnew (David) of Clarkesville, Greta Ivey (Terry) of Nicholson and Gina Cavender (Keith) of Franklin, Tenn.; daughterin-law, Liza Smith of Nicholson; brother, Gene Tolbert of Nicholson; sisters, Joanne Johnson of Morrow and LaWanda Stowe of Nicholson; sister-in-law, Delia Tolbert of Nicholson; 11 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter, and numerous beloved extended family and friends.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at Antioch United Methodist Church with the Rev. Marshall Bruner and the Rev. Bob Bone officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Antioch United Methodist Church, American Heart Association or Compassionate Care Hospice.

Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce The Paper, Sept. 3, 2015

Jacquelyn Gayle Talbott

Died Aug,. 27, 2015 Jacquelyn “Jackie” Gayle Talbott, 83, of Winder, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015.

A native of Detroit, Mich., she was a daughter of the late Jack and Constance Horgan Spranklin. She met the love of her life, Roger Talbott, while volunteering with the U.S.O. in San Diego, Calif.

She owned and operated The Corner Book Store in Winder for 15 years.

Survivors include her

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ery Branch; daughter-in-law, Michelle Renee Pruette of Jefferson; daughters and son-in-law, Robin and Daniel Cole of Gainesville and Tara Seagraves of Talking Rock; sisters, Julie Holmes of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Bobbie Tucker of Clarkkesville; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, from the Living Word Worship Center in Jefferson with the Rev. Mark Mobley officiating. Burial followed in East Shadowlawn Cemetery in Lawrenceville.

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Born Aug. 22, 1933, in Gainesville, she was a daughter of the late Carl Williamson and Lelia White Williamson. She sold Tupperware and was known as the Tupperware lady for 46 years. She was a member of Bethel Tabernacle. She was also preceded in death by her son, Chuck Ransom.

Survivors include herchildren, Gene Ransom of Gainesville, Pam Harris of Dahlonega, Donna Anema of Gainesville, Ted Ransom of Winder, Cathy and Paul Knight of Dahlonega and Tonya and Ed Smith of Clermont; honorary children, Ed Dale, Eddie Grant, Angie Barrett; stepdaughter, Becky Roberts; brother and sisterin-law, Ralph and Teresa Williamson; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

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daughter and son-in-law, Kathryn and Jerry Ash of Winder; son and daughterin-law, Stephen and Linda Talbott of Louisville; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

A graveside service was held Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, in Rose Hill Cemetery with Mr. Stephen Talbott officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Winder Public Library, 189 Bellview St., Winder, GA 30680.

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challenge of the run — a challenge that many athletes, including this writer, enjoyed. There were also ample water stations throughout the trails, thanks to hard-working volunteers who braved the early morning to help hydrate the runners.

Jefferson High School students were among the many race volunteers who helped participants find parking spots and distributed water during the race at the aid stations.

It was a great help so runners could run free-handed without the worry of supplying their own water.

The overall winners of the 5K were Paige Young, 36, of Commerce, and Michael Gazy, 31, of Lilburn. The overall winners of the 10K were Julie Gordon, 41, of Athens, and Stephen Medlar, 31, of Athens. The overall winners of the half marathon were Heather Abernathy, 26, of Athens and Mitchell Sinyard, 54, of Hawkinsville. Their times were impressive, and their victories were much deserved.

Each of the winners and those who placed second and third place in the various age groups were given their awards during the ceremony that followed the 5K race.

The overall winners of the half marathon each received a $150 cash prize along with their awards.

Becky Lee, outgoing executive director of the Tree House, presented the awards and gave a huge thank you to everyone who made Primal Rush possible. The Tree

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Douglas James Tate

Died Aug. 30, 2015 Douglas James Tate, 76, of Statham, who entered into rest on Sunday, August 30, 2015.

Born in Jackson County, he was a son of the late John Nathaniel and Polly Wilson Tate.

He was a retired owner of a restaurant business, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Mary Thurmond Tate; and a daughter, Nyoka Garmon.

Survivors include his caregiver, Latricia Carlyle and her husband Herman and her family, DeeDee and Roger Davis and Shane and Sandra Carlyle; brother; Damon Tate and his wife Gay and their children and stepchildren, Henry Dewayne Williams, Tammy Renee Reece, Pamela Yvonne Tate, Ashley and Lesley Giddens. .

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, in the chapel of Evans Funeral Home with the Rev. Ronnie Healan and the Rev. Johnny Wright officiating. Burial followed in the Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery.

Gentlemen honored as pallbearers were Harold Herndon, Chris Herndon, Heath Davis, Shane Carlyle, Darrell Tate and Herman Carlyle. Tim Long was honorary pallbearer.

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Died Aug. 26, 2015 Tony Scott Whitlock, 46, of Jefferson, died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015.

Born in Athens, he was a son of Alma Audrey Whitlock of Jefferson and the late Tony Rogers Whitlock.

He was a chair maker with Georgia Chair Company.

Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his sons, Tony Dalton Whitlock of Jefferson and Dillon Scott Whitlock of Winder; daughter; Dayton Marie Whitlock Austin of Jonesboro; and sister, Tracey Shell Whitlock of Athens.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

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Becky Lee of The Tree House thanked the Crow family for ongoing support of The Tree House; below, Becky Lee and incoming executive director Ginette Williams thanked Walton Development’s Jason Withworth with daughter Lillie with a framed gift. On behalf of Walton, he presented a check for $5,000 in addition to being the presenting sponsors.

House is a nonprofit organization with the mission of strengthening communities by reducing the impact and occurrence of child abuse through counseling, educating, supporting and nurturing children and families in the Piedmont Judicial Circuit.

Lee started off by thanking the Crow family for allowing them to hold Primal Rush at their property.

She also thanked Victoria Patrick and Gloria Foley, both reluctant to get accolades, who were the brains behind the event this year.

“As you all can see, it takes a lot of people to pull off an event like this,” said Lee. “Without our committee, today would not have happened. I really want to thank Victoria and Gloria and all of their hard work, as well as the other committee members who

worked so hard to make this possible.” She also recognized The Tree House staff for their efforts on behalf of children and their families.

During the ceremony, Lee announced she believed the financial goal was exceeded this year.

“For the past three years, Walton Investments has been our presenting sponsor for Primal Rush,” said Lee. “Not only were they our presenting sponsor, but they also have a check for us for $5,000.”

Lee and the Primal Rush committee are extremely thankful for all of the sponsors, and all agree that their help was invaluable. The third annual Primal Rush trail run race was a huge success and it was great time for those who participated as well as a hefty monetary amount that will directly benefit the Tree House and abused or neglected children in the area.

The 2015 Primal Rush sponsors included Walton Development & Management as this year’s “Presenting Sponsor.”

“Primordial Partners” included Power 100.1, Crow’s Lake, Power Thru, Magic 102.1, Barrow County News, The Paper, The Jackson Herald, and Barrow Journal. “He-Man Helpers” included Rotary Club of Braselton, K&B Fabricating Inc., Publix Super Markets Charities, Southeast Toyota Distributors and Wells Fargo.

“Neanderthal Notaries” included Peyton Pettus State Farm, Brand Bank, Town of Braselton, Jackson Trail Vending, South State Bank and Vankirk Electric.

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United Methodist Youth Fellowship (UMYF) continues, an all young people are invited to come enjoy dinner Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. and then have worship and fellowship together in a program designed for them.

Grandparents Day will be celebrated Sept. 13.

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Women of Faith will meet at 2:30 p.m. on Sept.

13 for a craft class with Julie Clark instructing the group in the art of wreathmaking. A supply list is available at the church and online. See Carmen or Nancy for more details.

Oct. 18 will be Laity Sunday. sss Worship services at First Baptist Church of Jefferson are at 10:50 a.m. for contemporary service and 11 a.m. for traditional service. Wednesday night fellowship meal at

5:45p.m. and Bible studies at 6:30 p.m. Church food bank is open from 1-3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, but will be closed on Labor Day. Men’s Ministry meeting on Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Primera Bautista (Hispanic Church) meets each Sunday at 11 a.m. for Sunday school and noon for worship.

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Paying visits to old folks earned friends and cake I’ve always had a special place in my heart for older folks. I don’t know how that happened, it just did.

I grew up in an era when a lad could wander about the neighborhood without adult supervision. It was also an era when little old ladies always seemed to have a piece of cake or pie just ready for consumption.

The first neighbors I remember were Nora and George Arrington. Uncle George was a strong fellow and to the best of my memory worked at the old Atlantic Steel plant.

Sadly, he had a massive heart attack in an era before open-heart surgery and other treatments. He wasted away from a healthy man to a sickly shell in a short time.

He spent most of his days napping.

Aunt Nora was a sweet, soft-spoken woman who was not quite 5 feet tall. She always seemed to have a just-baked cake or fresh pie when I would come calling.

I was so small I would get the step stool out of the pantry to have adequate height to reach the wonderful dessert she would put before me on the kitchen table. It was always accompanied by a 6½ -ounce bottle of CocaCola.

By the way, the iconic Coca-Cola bottle is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. The original bottle was colored “Georgia green” and bore the name of the city to which it was being shipped.

I was recently watching a cooking show hosted by country music star Tricia Yearwood. She was talking about how her Grandmother Yearwood always had a cake or some other sweet treat whenever they would visit.

There was something magically wonderful about enjoying a little homemade baked goods at the table of a neighbor.

I perfected this a few years later when we moved to Social Circle. Depending on the afternoon, I might make two or three stops at the homes of some of our little town’s best bakers. A

Harris Blackwood couple of them had housekeepers who were the real geniuses behind a good cake or pie.

My mother would come home from work and was afraid I was starving from playing all afternoon.

Playing? I was perfecting my career as a social butterfly. I could drop in, enjoy a little cake and be on my way without interrupting the socialite’s soap opera viewing schedule.

Somewhere around my 10th birthday, I asked my mother to throw me a birthday party just for my cadre of old folks.

By golly, they all came and I learned something: Older folks aren’t on the same birthday present budget as kids. They all went to Morrow’s Five and Ten Cent Store and bought great presents.

Somewhere in the annals of The Walton Tribune is a story of the event from the Social Circle page, which was written by local postmaster Harry Adams. Since he was the postmaster, he wrote under a pen name: Mrs. Harry Adams. Everyone knew Martha Adams did not write the Social Circle page, but that’s what it said in print.

I hope somewhere in heaven the Adams are laughing about this with my parents.

I realize my girth and my toy box would have been much smaller, but oh, how I loved the older set.

One day, I hope there is a neighbor kid who will come over and share a slice of cake. It will conjure up a memory of a simpler, yet wonderful, time.

Harris Blackwood is a Gainesville resident whose columns appear weekly.

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The preacher and his kindness A much appreciated kindness was given to me a few months ago. Someone recognized my need for help and made a big effort to give it to me.

There is a house that I have rented out for several years that has wonderful tenants who pay promptly and rarely bother me. But things break so there was a rather serious and expensive repair required.

I sighed heavily when I heard because of the expense but that would turn out to be the easier piece of the solution. Finding someone to do the repair at a fair price would be the most difficult.

My first call was to a man who had done work for me for years. He is dependable, fair and reasonably priced.

“I’d be glad to do it for you but I’m working out-of-state on some new houses. I’m covered up,” he said. He gave me suggestions for others who could possibly do it but they either wouldn’t, couldn’t or shouldn’t. A couple could and would but the price was two or three times what I had been advised was fair.

Ronda Rich After a month of worry, work and getting nowhere, I called my friend back. I was in despair and he could tell. He is a sweet, gentle man so he sighed quietly.

“Okay. I’ll come do it for you. Just give me a week to get to a place where I can take off and come down.”

Moments earlier, I was near despair tears but his promise brought me close to tears of gratitude.

I think of something often and it is this: We all look around for those who are homeless, without food or children in need of Christmas but often we overlook others who can afford shelter, food and clothing yet have other problems. We tend not to think of them in need so we don’t reach out to help. That was me.

As promised, he came

to my rescue and gave to me a kindness that I shall remember always. This nice man is also a layman preacher, meaning he works for a living during the week and preaches for the Lord on Sunday at a tiny church for which he is pastor. My daddy was a man like that so I have an affinity and understanding for men who carry such a weight on their shoulders.

When I mailed the check for the repair, I enclosed checks — love offerings — from Tink and me. I wrote a note and said, “You have blessed me with your kindness so we want to give a blessing back to your church so that y’all can give blessings to others.”

He pastors a tiny white clapboard church that sits amidst towering hardwoods that stand as evidence that the building has been there for a while. It has a gravel parking lot which, on Sundays, will be scattered with a dozen or so cars and trucks. Years ago when it was built, it served a rural country population but the acreage around it has now

given way to large, expensive homes. The affluent people in those big houses prefer mega churches and sanctuaries with large choirs, bands and fancy lighting. It is hard for these little country churches to sustain but, with great heart, they carry on.

We sent the checks and forgot them until a couple of weeks later when a greeting card arrived. I opened it then sank down on the stairs to read it carefully. It was a thank you card from that small church and it was signed by each member of the tiny congregation including a child who had printed her name.

Nothing has ever meant more. Our hearts were profoundly touched.

The moral of this story is simple: There are people and churches in need of kindness and generosity. We can each be a blessing in meaningful ways. Just look around.

Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of several books.

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Zero Tolerance: Drive sober or get pulled over Labor Day crackdown is on as Hands Across the Border concludes

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Motorists all across Georgia are preparing for the unofficial end of summer by planning last minute trips to the lake, beach and everywhere in between. Law enforcement are likewise preparing as troopers, deputies and police officers across the state prepare for the annual Labor Day impaired driving campaign.

In Georgia, Operation Zero Tolerance will run in conjunction with the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign through Sept. 7. That means whether you hit the road early or choose to celebrate on the holiday weekend, officers will be cracking down on impaired drivers with increased patrols, sobriety checkpoints and a high-visibility presence.

“Too many people think their actions don’t affect anybody else,” Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Director Harris Blackwood said. “They know it’s illegal and they know it’s wrong. But they do it anyway and make decisions as if the statistics just can’t happen to them.”

And the statistics don’t lie. During last year’s Labor Day travel weekend, Georgia saw 15 traffic deaths and a further 1,218 injuries result from 3,706 crashes. It may seem like good news that these fatalities were down from 22 in 2013, but even one life lost is too many.

Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows Labor Day weekend is a dangerous holiday for driving nationwide. In 2013, 38 percent of fatalities during the holiday travel period involved drunk

drivers, amounting to 161 lives lost.

More than a quarter of those fatalities involved a driver with a blood alcohol at least twice the legal limit.

“School has already begun for most counties in Georgia and we don’t want the first holiday weekend to bring tragedy,” Blackwood said. “That’s why we choose to reinforce our zero tolerance for impaired driving on holiday weekends. Tragedy doesn’t take a holiday.”

Drunk driving is unfortunately a year-round problem that is taking the lives of both impaired drivers and innocent victims. In 2013, NHTSA shows 65 percent of people killed in impaired driving crashes were the drunk drivers themselves. That means 6,515 drunk drivers lost their lives along with 3,561 additional victims.

There are, however, a few simple tips for ensuring a safe holiday weekend: ■■ Plan a safe way home before you start festivities.

■■ Designate a sober driver before you start drinking.

■■ Program the numbers for taxi services or sober ride programs into your cell phone in case you or a friend unexpectedly need a sober ride home.

Also consider public transportation.

■■ Download the Drive Sober, Georgia app for a list of sober ride services in your area.

If you see a drunk driver on the road, contact local law enforcement immediately.

For more information on Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over or Operation Zero Tolerance, visit www.gahighway-

safety.org.

Police from 5 states partner with Georgia to combat impaired driving During the 25th annual Hands Across the Border campaign, whicih concludes Friday, Georgia law enforcement have been meeting their counterparts in communities near the Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida state lines to conduct road checks.

In the past, the campaign has had a history of catching not only drunk drivers, but drug offenders, fugitives, drivers with outstanding warrants, unlicensed and uninsured drivers and those transporting improperly restrained child passengers.

For six days leading up to Labor Day weekend, police, sheriff’s deputies and state troopers throughout Georgia rendezvous in communities near the state line to set up checkpoints and catch impaired drivers entering and leaving Georgia. They also gather with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety at state welcome centers for the traditional handshake to signify their partnership. Georgia’s peace officers will be launching this high-visibility enforcement campaign to put a serious dent in the number of impaired drivers Georgia sees at the end of the summer.

“Georgia has a zero tolerance policy for drunk driving. You won’t get a warning. You will be arrested and you will go to jail,” says Harris Blackwood, director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

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Pattillo developing new spec building in Jackson Co. JEFFERSON – Pattillo Industrial Real Estate has announced plans on Aug. 27 to develop a 458,640-squarefoot speculative building in McClure Industrial Park in Jackson County.

Located one-half mile off Interstate 85 at Exit 140 (Dry Pond Road), McClure Industrial Park is a 920-acre planned industrial development fully entitled with all utilities, industrial zoning, 100-percent freeport tax exemption and park covenants that will support 8 million square feet of buildings.

Most recently, DSC Logistics (Cardinal Health) leased a newly-expanded 380,000-square-foot building in the park.

The park will accommodate buildings ranging in size from 50,000 to 100,000 square feet for warehouse, distribution and manufacturing use.

“Pattillo has a long history of successful developments in Jackson County,” said Larry Callahan, CEO of Pattillo Industrial Real Estate. “With the encouragement of the community, we are committed to this new investment which will help attract another employer to the area.”

“We are very excited and grateful that Pattillo has again decided to invest in Jackson County,” says Josh Fenn, President/CEO of Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce. “Pattillo has a long and successful history here. They have been a major factor in our community’s growth and prosperity. This new spec building will fill a critical need in our Industrial portfolio to help attract jobs and investment into Jackson County.”

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Tax credits of $100,000 available to businesses who educate workforce Georgia employers can now take advantage of new tax credits when they support employees’ successful completion of a General Educational Development (GED®) test. The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) will work with businesses in the state to promote the participation and success of employee GED® attainment.

“Nearly 18 percent of Georgia’s adult population has less than a high school education,” said Commissioner Gretchen Corbin. “Thanks to this unique opportunity passed by the Georgia General Assembly, we are one step closer to fulfilling Gov. Deal’s goal of full literacy in Georgia, while preparing Georgia businesses to compete in a global economy.”

Employers can take advantage of the tax credit in either of two ways. An employer can earn a tax credit of $1,200 per employee if that worker is compensated, at his/her normal rate of pay, for completing a 40-hour class and passing the GED® Test. The class must be a Basic Skills Education class approved by the Technical College System of Georgia, and can either be part of an existing program or a unique program established by the employer. In both cases, a minimum of 40 hours of instruction is required.

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Huge 2nd half lifts Jackson Co. past Madison Co., gives Worley his 1st win as head coach

BY CHARLES PHELPS

cphelps@clickthepaper.com

Doug Chellew The Paper

Jefferson running back Colby Wood makes a leaping catch against Winder-Barrow High School.

BY COLIN HUBBARD

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JEFFERSON – In what was a muchanticipated week-two matchup between the Jefferson Dragons and Winder-Barrow Bulldoggs, the Dragons pulled away late in the fourth quarter to win 32-17 behind running back Colby Wood’s five touchdowns.

Wood carried the ball 31 times for 239 yards and four rushing touchdowns for the Dragons (2-0). He also caught a touchdown.

Winder-Barrow’s CeCe Green led the Bulldoggs (0-1) with 154 yards on 20 attempts and scored once.

Jefferson scored the last 18 points of the game and held the Bulldoggs to 18 total yards of offense during that span.

“I’m proud of the way the guys responded when they had their backs against the wall,” Jefferson head coach Ben Hall said. “We’re a young football team and mistakes are going to happen.

We will continue to improve and that says a lot about the team we have.”

Both teams got off to sluggish starts, but it was the Bulldoggs who found their rhythm first. Led by Green and quarterback Noah Chapman, the Bulldoggs marched down to the Dragons’ 25-yard line, but Jefferson’s Alex Mason had other plans as he intercepted Chapman’s pass and returned it down to the Bulldoggs’ 18-yard line to give the Dragons new life.

Five plays later, Wood found the end zone from three yards out to give the Dragons an early 7-0 lead with 3:45 left in the first quarter.

On the following drive, the Bulldoggs answered with a 53-yard catch-and-run from Chapman to Caleb Horne on sec-

DANIELSVILLE – Down 17-6 at halftime, the Jackson County Panthers needed a spark to get back in the game against the Madison County Red Raiders and first-year head coach Brandon Worley told his players to “win each play” in the second half. The players got the message loud and clear as the Panthers scored 22-unanswered points in the third quarter en route to a 48-23 victory last Friday.

“It feels awesome,” Worley said about getting his first win as a head coach.

“I’m proud for these kids and these coaches because they have worked their tails off. They deserve it.”

It was the first time Jackson County (1-0) has ever defeated Madison County.

“It will be something to remember,” Worley added.

The Panthers’ ground game led the offensive assault in the third quarter, headed by Malik Tuck’s touchdown runs of four and 25 yards. He finished the game with 122 rushing yards on 16 carries. Chris Griggs rushed for 27 yards on nine carries and a touchdown.

Jorge Monzon added 97 yards on five carries.

Wide receiver Chase Wester caught two passes for 58 yards and Griffin McElvery hauled in an 11-yard touchdown pass from quarterback from Jase Latty.

The defense did its job, recovering three Madison

County fumbles, all of which turned into scores for the offense (two touchdowns, one field goal). The defense also snagged three sacks.

Kicker Easton Tuggle connected on three field goals of 31, 40 and 35 yards, respectively.

After a pair of field goals in the first half, Tuggle added his third on the Panthers’ opening second-half possession (17-9). The offense found the end zone on its second possession, a Griggs 2-yard run (17-15).

On the ensuing Red Raiders’ possession, a first-play fumble gave the Panthers a short field (30 yards), which they took full advantage of.

The four-play drive ended with a Tuck 4-yard run, giving the Panthers the goahead lead (21-17).

Another Red Raiders’ fumble gave the Panthers another short field (32 yards), and like the previous drive, ended with a Tuck touchdown run (28-17).

Jase Latty threw his first touchdown as a Panther to Griffin McElvery and moved the lead to 35-17.

Noah Venable scored the next Panther touchdown (4117) on a 5-yard run.

Cole Alford scored the Panthers’ final touchdown.

“The kids are doing what they are asked to do when they are asked to do it,” Worley said. “It took a little while to get started, but they did it.”

The Panthers travel to White County tomorrow night.

Hawks roll Wolverines, 51-13

By Matt Green

For The Paper

Doug Chellew The Paper

Jefferson’s Colby Wood gets by a Winder-Barrow defender for a touchdown. ond-and-24 to tie the game, 7-7, with 56 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

After a failed fourth-and-3, the Bulldoggs marched back into Dragon territory, but a missed 37-yard field goal kept the game tied with 4:49 remaining in the first half.

Wood carried the ball on the following play for 10 yards, but a fumble gave the ball back to the Bulldogs.

Commerce runs past Banks Co., 55-13

The Bulldoggs connected on a 33yard field goal five plays later to give them their first lead of the game, 10-7.

The Dragons’ offense took the field after two consecutive turnovers and continued to struggle. The Bulldoggs’ defense forced a quick three-and-out,

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Lady Panthers pounce on Lady Dragons early, win 10-6

BY KYLE FUNDERBURK

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HOMER – It was a cat fight early on, but by game’s end, the Commerce Tigers showed they are the big cats, routing the Banks County Leopards, 55-13, last Friday.

J’Varius Wood compiled 114 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns for the Tigers.

“Sometimes the score can be deceiving,” Commerce head coach Michael Brown said. “Banks County has got a very good football team and a very explosive offense.

“They’re the type of team that can score on any play. We just did a lot of things right. J’Varius had a big night. He’s a very consistent player for us,” he continued. “The last three years that he’s been a part of our offense, he has been a player we could count on.”

After Wood opened the game with a 7-yard touchdown run, the Leopards answered with a 58-yard pass from Griffen Goodwin to Zez Steeple to tie the game, 7-7.

Commerce wasted little time responding as a 39-run by Cole Chancey and 17-run by Caleb Brooks was all the Tigers needed to regain the lead (14-7).

Less than a minute into the second quarter, Banks County responded as Travae Cain scored on a 8-yard touchdown run, but a missed extra point kept Commerce ahead, 14-13.

From there, the Tigers dominated and didn’t end a drive without scoring until all of the offensive starters were pulled in the third quarter.

Wood scored his second touchdown of the game on a 19yard pass from Brooks (21-13).

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HOSCHTON – Mill Creek scored 31-unanswered points in the second half to knock off West Forsyth 51-13 in Hoschton last Friday.

After forcing a three-and-out on West’s opening drive, Mill Creek (2-0, 0-0) wasted no time getting started. On the first offensive play from scrimmage, Cameron Turley hit Braxton Richburg for an 82-yard touchdown, putting the Hawks up 7-0.

Late in the first, Mill Creek’s Chase Turner jumped a wide receiver screen pass from Kiernen Hamilton and took it seven yards for a touchdown, putting the Hawks up 17-0.

West (0-1, 0-0) started its ensuing drive with excellent field position, thanks to Eddie Hamilton’s 66-yard kickoff return that he took all the way to the Hawks’ 32-yard line. Four plays later, Grant Torgerson punched it in from a yard away, but a blocked extra point made the score 17-6.

With under a minute remaining in the second quarter, it looked like the Wolverines were going to go into the locker room with a two-touchdown deficit, but in the final minute Hamilton hit Joshua Nash streaking down the left sideline and he took it all the way for a 70-yard touchdown, making the score 20-13 at the half.

But that was as close as the Wolverines got.

Mill Creek came out in the second half and simply outplayed the Wolverines. West ended the game with three turnovers.

Mill Creek travels to Dacula tomorrow night.

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Jackson County’s Shelton Kendrix high-fives head coach Chessie Laird after her home run in the top of the sixth inning against the Jefferson Lady Dragons.

BY CHARLES PHELPS

cphelps@clickthepaper.com

JEFFERSON – When Jefferson’s Caroline Mitchell connected for an RBI triple in the bottom of the first inning, the Lady Dragons looked poise against U.S.

Highway 129 rival Jackson County.

The Lady Panthers had not warmed up yet as they scored four runs in the top of the second inning and never looked back, defeating the Lady Dragons 10-6 last Thursday at DeMaris

Gurley Field.

The Lady Panthers’ bats connected for 13 hits including Shelton Kendrix’s tworun home run in the sixth inning.

Head Coach Chessie Laird said the way the team is playing, they “have to score.”

“That’s really what is getting us through,” Laird said.

“I didn’t feel like we made quite as many errors as we have in past games, but still, errors or not, it was still a really close game.

“So, I’m glad that our bats did come alive when they did and we were able to push runners around, take advantage of extra bases when we had the opportunities.”

Sophomore Brooke Kibbe pitched a complete game, fanning five Lady Dragons in the process.

Junior Kaylan Pruitt connected for three hits and two RBIs. Senior Kelsie Gassner snagged two hits and two RBIs. Madi Pecht, Caroline Davis and Jaycie Ponce each smacked two hits.

Jefferson was led by Mitchell’s first-inning triple.

She added a double in the third. Savannah Dooley added three singles. Angelina Lord hit two singles and racked up three RBIs. After a 1-2-3 inning to start the game on the mound, Mitchell used her bat to put Jefferson up as she knocked Lord home (1-0).

In the second, an error by the Lady Dragons’ defense stranded runners at the corners. Gassner tied the game with an RBI groundout (11). Then, Joni Lott knocked Pecht home on a single (2-1).

After a Destiny Gaudlock walk and a Ponce single, a second Lady Dragons’ error sent two runners home (4-1).

The Lady Panthers struck again in the third, after runners reached on a double and a hit by pitch, Pecht’s groundout sent Davis home, bumping the lead to 5-2. The next batter, Gassner, connected for a double, bringing home the Lady Panthers’

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High school sports schedule

WERA motorcycle racing returns to Road Atlanta, Sept.

11-13. Tickets will be available at the gate. A three-day pass is $40 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday); two-day pass is $30 (Saturday and Sunday); one-day pass is $20 (Sunday). Camping and off-road vehicles are free. Sept. 11 will be a “Track Day” for non-racers. Sept. 12 gives racers a day of practice before the double-header Sportsman Sprint.

Jefferson Parks & Recreation Department is offering girls volleyball, ages 9-12. Cost is $95 for a city resident; $125 for a non-city resident. Registration closes tomorrow, Sept. 4. Cost will rise to $110 for late registration (if space is available).

Practice begins Sept. 16. For more information, visit: www. jeffersonrec.com or call 706-367-5116. Jefferson Parks & Recreation Department is located 2495 Old Pengrass Road, Jefferson.

FOOTBALL: Sept. 4: Mill Creek at Dacula; Jackson County at White County; Commerce at Hebron Christian Academy; Jefferson hosts North Hall SOFTBALL: Sept. 3: Jackson County hosts Elbert County; East Jackson hosts Oconee County; Commerce hosts George Walton Academy; Mill Creek at Grayson. Sept. 8: Commerce at Towns County; Mill Creek at North Gwinnett.

VOLLEYBALL: Sept. 3: Mill Creek at Gainesville; Jefferson at Habersham; East Jackson at home. Sept. 8: Jackson County and East Jackson at Hart County; Mill Creek at Hebron Christian Academy; Jefferson at home.

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Mill Creek Softball

JEFFERSON

Continued from 1B costly muffed punt gave the ball back to Jefferson in Bulldoggs’ territory.

Four plays later, Wood found the end zone from one yard out to give the Dragons a 14-10 lead at halftime.

After fumbling once in the first half, the Dragons fumbled again on their opening possession inside WinderBarrow territory. Starting

on their own 26, the Bulldoggs drove the ball up to their own 45-yard line to set up a 55-yard touchdown run from Green to give WinderBarrow a 17-14 lead with 8:05 left in the third quarter.

With the Dragons now trailing, Wood marched Jefferson down into Bulldoggs’ territory, but two consecutive penalties forced a third-and-goal from its own 20-yard line. Bryce Moore connected with Wood on a 20-yard touchdown to put the

Dragons back in the lead, 2017, with 2:01 remaining in the third quarter.

Wood scored two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach and cap off a second-half come-from-behind victory.

Jefferson hosts North Hall tomorrow night.

West Jackson 10-and-under Cheerleading

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The Mill Creek Lady Hawks defeated the Peachtree Lady Lions, 8-0, Monday at home.

ABOVE: Hannah Adams prepares to bunt during the first inning. BELOW: Pitcher Skylar Hayward delivers a pitch. Mill Creek defeated Shiloh, 4-3, Tuesday with a Amanda Natsch walk-off double. They defeated Norcross, 10-2, last Tuesday.

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The West Jackson 10-and-under cheerleaders are going retro with a “Cowboy Cheerleader” theme, turning back the clock to the 1960’s and 70’s Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. The next game to see their performance is 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at Jefferson High School.

The next home game is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at Jackson County Comprehensive High School. Front (L-R): Adrianna McMillan, Katie Greene, Tessa Arrowdy, Ashley Cook, Brielle Logan, Destiny Sullivan, Makayla Thompson and Riley Willard. Back (L-R): Annah Holder, Makenna Garner, Randi Bowles, Hannah Brooks, Makayla Lockridge, Kadence Rodri, Mary Margaret Ashcraft, Katelyn Sanders. Not Pictured: Alex Black and Ansley Keck.

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CHAPTER THREE: Something’s Got To Give So finally putting my pride aside, about two miles down the road, I finally gave in and told my wife “I can’t take it any more.” (Aka, the first smart thing I had done all day.)

And with that, she kicked into action and headed in the direction of the nearest hospital.

As fate would have it, we “coincidentally” pulled off the interstate, just a few miles from the nearest ER. Another of what we’ve come to regard as “God’s perfect setup.”.

We headed toward the ER right away, following the hospital signs, and never more thankful for that wise use of our tax dollars. As we arrived, the pain was subsiding, and frankly, I considered heading back to the interstate. Still, I went in while Cretia parked.

As I entered the doorway, I immediately noticed a dozen or more people already waiting to be seen.

My first thought was “This is going to take for freaking ever.” Nevertheless, I actually sounded like he was going to call the whole thing off and send us home, and I was thrilled! But again, it felt like I was going to be even more embarrassed because we’d set off a bomb, and now it looked like we might have been all for naught.

According to the doctor, they had gotten my bloodwork back and there was no indication that this might be my heart. My understanding is that when damage occurs (aka, a heart attack), the heart secretes some kind of chemical that shows up under certain tests in the blood. So far, that chemical had not been detected.

So far, so good, although my kids were noticeably shaken by the whole experience. Cretia seemed steady as a rock, but inside, I later learned that she was freaking out. But the good news was, it looked like I was probably going home with not much more than a bruised ego and a hefty Emergency Room bill. One last precaution though, would be to give me a few Nitroglycerin tablets, just to be safe.

The Nitro, which we all know, is taken if you’re having a heart attack. I don’t know what it does, but apparently, it saves your life, until help can arrive.

In my case, it was supposed to help reveal whatever might be hiding from us. I assume for heart attack victims, the Nitro helps to quickly expand the arteries which would allow any minor blockages to move on and restore bloodflow. But for me, I think the idea was to use it to hopefully prove that nothing was wrong. Or poke things until something got mad.

So the RN came back in with the pills. One tablet.

We chit-chat and wait about five minutes to see what happens. Nothing. Second tablet. We wait. Again, nothing. And by now, I’m thinking the danger has passed.

I haven’t had any pains in well over half an hour. Not even a hint of anything. I’m virtually certain by now that this has all been a false alarm.

I take the third and final tablet. We wait. And wait.

Nothing. 10, 20, 30 seconds.

One minute. Nothing. A minute, 15. Nothing. And we were just about to say “I’m sorry” to everyone and head on our merry way...when it hit.

About a minute and a half after that third nitro tablet, God released the hounds.

The floodgates opened and the pain started building in my chest, like an ominous tidal wave of weight and nails and broken glass, like I had never felt before. It was consuming me, and it wasn’t stopping. I felt like my chest

Ricky Fitzpatrick Featured columnist was being ripped apart in slow, torturous pieces, and before long I couldn’t hold back huge sobs and gasps of air, at least when my body would allow it.

The RN asked me what my pain level was on a scale of one to 10.

“A 12,” I cried.

It was easily a 12. And growing. It was getting worse and worse. Every time I thought “I can’t take this anymore”, the pain would ratchet up another notch. Then when I thought it was all I could bear, the pain would intensify, again.

And again. And more.

By this time, I could no longer sit upright, and I was either doubled over or curled up in the fetal position, struggling to find a position that would take the edge off. But nothing was working. Nothing was helping. This had to be how Job felt when God allowed him to be tested. I wondered if God had also abandoned me. I thought for an instant, that this torment could be Hell. It was beyond any expectation I could have had.

I felt like I was on fire and burning up from the inside. It was the absolute worst pain I have ever felt.

No, it was beyond the worst pain I have ever imagined I could feel. If God was pushing me, I was definitely getting the point now.

The kids came in, saw me, and honestly were terrified. Cretia was helpless (although incredibly, strong. Five minutes in, 10, 12...it was still building.

And building. Finally, I was truly afraid, and for the first time, I honestly thought I might be about to die.

That was my turning point, as the doctor sort of flamboyantly threw back the curtain and announced “We’re getting ready to lifeflight you to Columbia.”

CHAPTER FOUR: The Only Way To Fly As the doctor completely blew us out of the water with the air-lift announcement, I looked at Cretia and wondered if we had just shared our last day together. I was suddenly very afraid of dying, and assumed that I was about to do exactly that.

The thing about fearing death…it’s hard to explain.

It’s easy to talk about being “ready” when you’re here and the other side is waaaay over there, years and years down the road. I guess that’s why we’re all so full of ourselves when we’re young. But let the moment rush up and stare you, point blank, in the eye and things get very different, very fast.

So as the feeling took a strong hold of me, I looked at Cretia, steadied myself and said “I’m not ready to go.”

She immediately straightened up, looked at me with a serious stare and asked “What do you mean?”

I knew then that she thought I meant spiritually, I wasn’t ready to go. That I wasn’t ready to meet God. I didn’t mean that at all, actually! The one encouraging realization, in the middle of all this chaos and upheaval, was the certainty that I had about dying. Looking back, I notice that the fear of death, as in not knowing what my future might hold, wasn’t a concern.

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COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS Free adult Spanish classes.

The Jefferson Public Library will be offering a free beginners adult Spanish class which will run Thursdays in September from 5-6 p.m.

The class will be offered Sept. 3, 10, 17 and 24. Call the library at 706-367-8012 to reserve your spot.

West Jackson Fire open house.

The West Jackson Fire Department is hosting an open house at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the fire station in advance of the fire board’s 7 p.m. meeting which will include discussion of the fire tax rate which generates revenue for the department’s operations. The West Jackson area is invited to the open house and fire board meeting.

Find Jack on the Jackson County Antiques & Arts Trail. Do you love antique shopping?

Are you looking for a fun activity for you or your family to do while antiquing?

Come to Jackson County and see if you can find Jack.

If you fill out your passport and turn it in you will be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a $100 gift certificate. Visit www. tourjacksoncounty.com/

antiques-and-art-trail.html for details.

History walking tours.

Free history walking tours will be offered each Friday during September in downtown Braselton. Tours will begin promptly on the hour at 6 p.m. on Sept. 4 and 11 and at 5 p.m. on Sept.

18 and 25 at the Braselton Downtown Development office at 65 Frances St. Learn more about downtown Braselton at www.DowntownBraselton.com and follow at www.Facebook/ DowntownBraselton. You can call 706-684-0369.

Historical Society meeting. The Jackson County Historical Society will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.

10, at Willoughby Park, located at 338 Clayton St., in Commerce. A hot dog picnic will be enjoyed by members and prospective members who are interested in joining the historical society. Due, which run from September to September, are $15 for individuals, $25 for family and $100 for Life members.

You can mail dues to the Jackson County Historical Society, P.O. Box 1234, Com-

merce, GA 30529.

Volunteers needed.

Food 2 Kids Jackson County needs volunteer drivers for one day each week to pick up food at Food Bank of Northeast Georgia and deliver to schools. Several different routes available.

Must have valid drivers license and insurance. Call Sherry at 770-656-6028 for more information.

Braselton Farmers Market. Visit the market every Friday from 4-7 p.m. between now and Oct. 16.

Located on Harrison Street between Davis and Frances streets, the market attracts a variety of vendors with fresh-picked vegetables, home-crafted jellies and jams and more.

Jefferson Farmers Market.

The Jefferson Farmers Market is in full swing with fresh products from local vendors offering fresh vegetables fruits, jams and jellies, baked goods and more. The market is held on Saturdays on the square in downtown Jefferson.

Cruise-in. American Street Rodders host cruise-ins on the first Saturday of each month from April through October on City Square in

Hoschton, beginning at 5 p.m. The annual car show will be held in conjunction with the Hoschton Fall Festival which will be Sept.

25-27.

South Hall Rotary 5K. The second annual South Hall Rotary 5K will be held beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5, in Flowery Branch. Proceeds will benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hall County, University of North Georgia scholarship fund and other local charities. Registration is now $25 with walk-up registration of $30 beginning at 6 a.m. on the day of the officiallytimed 5K, which begins at 5117 Main St., in Flowery Branch. Send your check to South Hall Rotary, 4977 Lanier Islands Parkway Suite 11, Buford, GA 30518.

Peace Place Drive Out Domestic Violence golf tournament. On Sept. 10 at The Chimneys Golf Course in Winder, the Drive Out Domestic Violence four-person scramble golf tournament to end domestic violence will be held benefitting Peace Place.

The event will tee off at 1:30 p.m. and entry is $75 per person or $300 per team with mulligans and spring See HAPPENINGS, 5B

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Roy Wallis blows out his birthday candles as Danell Baber (his third child), Grant Wallis (fifth child and Joy’s father), Wayne Wallis (his fourth child) and Donna McMillian (second child) watch.

Great Generation Celebration

A granddaughter’s love inspires her to create a most memorable birthday for her World War II grandfather

By LEANNE AKIN

lakin@clickthepaper.com

Joy Wallis was on a hospitality management internship at the BraseltonStover House and saw it as the perfect venue for a special event.

She is now working an internship at Disney World in Florida and reflecting on the birthday party which celebrated her grandfather’s 91st birthday in July.

Roy Wallis and his wife Evelyn had five children but one died at birth. She was pregnant when her husband was called into service. While in the Philippines, his lip was injured by a sniper’s bullet and sustained a concussion from a near-miss mortar explo-

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Roy Wallis, shown with granddaughter Joy, shows emotions at seeing the 1941 picture of him and his wife (below, displayed on a stalk of cotton.) He made the comment, “I wish she could be here to see all of this.” (R) Soldier Wallis in his uniform. sion. During his recovery, he contacted malaria and got sent to Daytona Beach, Fla., for treatment. He was discharged on Sept.

28, 1945 and their first child was born five days later but died. He would contract malaria again from a doctor’s contaminated needle but was successfully treated at the VA hospital in Atlanta.

The Wallis family would also have two daughters and two sons. Joy is the 10th and youngest grandchild and there are lots of great-grandchildren.

The second oldest daughter, Danell, has written several stories about her father’s life which were shared at the party where his military service honors, including a Bronze Star and Purple Heart, were displayed.

The family wanted to have a special get-together her grandfather’s 90th birthday but they just couldn’t get it planned but he was the grand marshal of the Dacula Memorial Day parade in 2014. Joy took it upon herself to coordinate the entire surprise celebration this year and handled all the work.

“I like doing crafts and so I made all the decorations,” said Joy, who has an etsy account. Her internship supervisor who hired her on past her internship, Laura Collier of the Braselton-Stover House, said Joy got many

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Get grillin’ for Labor Day As Labor Day approaches, many of us are brainstorming what food items to prepare on the last summer “grilling” holiday of the year.

By early September, the temperatures are much more tolerable than the mid-summer heat, and grilling outdoors is pleasant for everyone. To keep things on the healthier side, stick to vegetables, fruits and lean meats — healthy food can still be delicious with the right amount of seasonings, sauces and spices.

As for meats, choose lean cuts — chicken breasts, lean ground meats for burgers, turkey tenderloin or lean cuts of pork work well if a healthy menu is implemented for Labor Day weekend. Many people gripe about these cuts of meat being “dry” or “bland,” which can be true if they are not seasoned properly.

One trick is to allow the meats to marinate for at least 30 minutes up to 24 hours or longer.

There are pre-bottled marinades available at any grocery store, and there are endless homemade recipes that can be found online that are actually quite simple to prepare.

Lemon juice, vinegar and various spices and herbs combine to make a great, simple marinade for meats.

Simply trim excess fat off of the meat, place in a large zip-top bag, add the appropriate amount of marinade and lay the bag flat in the refrigerator. Make sure that the meat is evenly coated.

Adding spices to the meat before cooking is an option as well, but not required. Once it is cooked, the meat will be tender and full of flavor. Do ensure the meat is completely cooked to avoid food-borne illnesses.

Increasing evidence has shown that overcooked foods, that are blackened or charred, may contain carcinogens, according to Crystal Langloins, RD, CSO, LD, a registered dietitian and board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition with Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Newnan. A carcinogen is any substance, radionuclide or radiation that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer.

This may be due to the ability to damage the genome or to the disruption of cellular metabolic processes.

Sauces are also a great way to add flavor to meats. Again, any grocery store will offer a huge variety, and homemade recipes are available as well.

Vegetables are great on the grill as well.

Langloins says numerous studies show that increasing the intake of fruits and vegetables

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It’s such a comfort to me, knowing that at my truly pivotal moment, I was ready to take that step, without worry. Not to say that I’m that wonderful, but in my mind, I find it amazing that God had given that to me.

After a lifetime of being a Christian, I could never say first-hand that I know, that I know, that I know. But when the rubber met the road, it seems like God was faithful to do all He had promised, in my heart.

But I’m wandering again…When I said that to Cretia, what I did mean that I was not ready to die.

I wasn’t ready to be done.

I wasn’t ready to leave her and the kids to carry on through the rest of their lives without me. I wasn’t ready to go yet.

She looked at me, kissed me and said “You’ll be fine”. And I guess a part of me must’ve bought that, because I think I really started believing that I was going to be fine.

By this time, within just a few minutes of telling me about the flying, our transport techs arrive and come in to start prepping me to leave. Everything is happening very, very fast, and getting faster. It seemed like I was the only one moving slow.

The techs help me down from the bed, to a more streamlined model. You could say my ER bed was like a Cadillac…big, heavy, comfy and loaded. My new ride was more of an Olympic Bobsled…small, light, sleek and built for speed, not comfort.

Next, I’m quickly strapped into this new bed like it’s a rolling straight jacket. We get ready for flight, then off we go, rolling through the ER and out the door. Everyone is in high gear, but I’m still calling back, asking someone to be sure to grab my Margaritaville Flip Flops. At $50 I don’t want to let them out of my sight. Besides, they’re crazy comfortable, and very cool. Hey, if Jimmy Buffett is attached to something, it has to be amazing, right?

So as we’re headed out, the kids and Cretia were close behind, waving and telling me bye, presumably for the time being, only.

That was a hard moment for me, and I later I learn, for Cretia and the kids too.

None of us knew what the

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is a great way to improve health and maintain a healthy weight. In fact, the American Cancer Society reports excess body weight contributes to as many as 1 in 5 cancer-related deaths. Eating more fruits and vegetables can not only help maintain a healthy weight, but by doing so can also reduce the risk of cancer.

Eating more plant-based foods doesn’t have to be difficult as you can prepare many of them on the grill, too. Some good examples include tofu, tempeh and vegetarian burgers, as well as a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Corn on the cob, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, okra and much more grill nicely and taste wonderful. Stuffed Portobello mushrooms or bell peppers are delicious as well.

Ali Merk, co-owner of Merk Farms in Commerce, says she enjoys grilling pizzas with her family. She says it is a great way to hype up the kids about eating vegetables, and are a lot of fun to assemble. They are also a quick and easy option for summer grilling. Merk also enjoys grilling peaches and adding a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. After a healthy meal, it is perfectly fine to indulge in a perfectly portioned dessert. Merk said it is very important to ensure that the grill is well oiled before placing the food on it.

Stephanie Jones, of Commerce, says that grilling during the summer is one of her favorite pastimes. Her children, Tatum and Burk, enjoy what they make, especially when the family goes camping in the mountains.

“Tatum’s favorite is BBQ beef ribs on the smoker, and Burk’s favorite is smoked chicken wings with buffalo teriyaki sauce,” said Jones. We will be having those yummy items this coming weekend while we’re camping in North Carolina. Grilled eggplant, zucchini and squash seasoned with a little extra virgin olive oil, garlic powder and Italian seasoning is always a yummy side dish.”

Jennifer Kidd, Hoschton’s event planner and Braselton resident is a vegetarian, and says she has to get creative when planning a grill menu. She enjoys Portobello mushroom burgers that are always simple to make and delicious. They are easily customizable and very healthy.

Other vegetarian meat substitutes include tofu, tempeh, bean burgers and quinoa burgers.

Of course, the side dishes are endless — salads, pasta, fruit, potatoes, grilled vegetables, deviled eggs and much more.

As summer comes to a close, Labor Day weekend is a great way to enjoy all of that delicious, light summer food before pumpkins begin making their way to all of the local grocery stores.

next hour would bring, or if we’d be seeing one another again. No matter how much good-byeing we had, at that moment, it didn’t seem like it was nearly enough.

Finally though, like a MASH patient, the medical techs squeeze me into the waiting chopper and in a few minutes, I’m waving to the family and we’re lifting off. For some reason, I remember singing in my head “I’m leaving on a jet plane…”, then thinking “Am I insane?”

I also think “Man, if I just had my phone.” Certainly my video of the flight and chaos would go viral and after monetizing 50 million views, I’d make sure we didn’t have to worry about money. But alas, for the first time in nearly a decade, I did not have my phone on my person.

The chopper was loud.

Very loud. This was all business…definitely not First Class travel. My bobsled got expertly wedged just perfectly into a tight nook in the passenger-side floor, next to the pilot, and pushed all the way up to the bubble front so my feet were almost touching the glass. Now I really am in bobsledding position.

The techs hook me up to every sort of device known to man, plop some ear protection on for the noise, snug my restraints up, then one of them pulls an ear muff out and yells “Just relax!”

Right.

By now time, my pain was subsiding again thanks to a ton of Morphine (which might have also accounted for the song), and I actually sort of enjoyed the ten minute flight to Providence Hospital in Columbia. Part of the time, I felt like I was almost floating. The flight was pretty cool. I had a literal front row seat, had a bird’s eye view of the country side and the approaching rains.

And I’m no fan of smallcraft flights, but this one was pretty pleasant, all conditions considered. Again, thank you Mr. Morphine.

Unfortunately, Cretia and the kids had to drive the distance, which took nearly an hour, after bathroom stops, horrendous interstate traffic and the worst directions, ever. I don’t know how she did it and kept it all together.

She’s amazing. It’s a wonder she didn’t wind up in the bed beside me.

About halfway there, one of the techs asks me how I’m doing. Actually, I was feeling alright.

“A word of advice”, he

yelled over the roar of the chopper. “when we land, make sure you’re hurting, regardless. Otherwise everything will just slow down.”

I nodded in understanding. Basically the whole world had gone to code red, so any hint that I might be getting better would just frustrate that whole, smooth-running process. I definitely didn’t want to be sitting in some prep hallway for three hours while they “got to me”.

As it turned out, none of that mattered much because by the time we landed, I really was hurting again. I guess God didn’t want me to have to lie, so He moved the morphine out of the way and let the crushing pains kick in again. It was obvious by the time we touched down, I definitely was not better…just having a brief reprieve.

compliments on the professional job she did for the party which found 120 enjoying the birthday event.

She took stalks of cotton which served as the centerpieces onto which she attached photos from throughout her grandfather’s life including his military service.

There were also old Coca-Cola bottles which connect the family to special Sundays when Wallis, his wife and four kids would share one Coke. “They would pass it around,” said Joy, who acknowledged the family had hard financial times but they had lots of love to share and her grandfather shared his love of learning by challenging the children with questions about the initials on the bottle’s bottom. They learned about geography and shared good times with Coke which her grandfather loved. Some of the bottles were from his collection of bottles.

Joy and her aunt walked her grandfather into the ballroom under the guise of him visiting a function she was helping with but he entered to the singing of Happy Birthday and was overwhelmed. When he approached his table and saw his youthful picture with his late wife, he teared up and commented on how much she would have enjoyed the event. “I wish she was here,” he said through tears.

Mr. Wallis has outlived his wife by two decades and worked a garden until he was 90. Cotton was his first crop so the cotton stalks paid tribute to that. Later he raised other crops including tomatoes and then had chicken houses and cows so Joy handcrafted and decorated cow-shaped cookies.

Born July 15, 1924, Mr. Wallis, who now lives in Monroe after he was displaced from the family farm by a Gwinnett County road project, was treated to special displays highlighting his birthday and three cakes –

strawberry, chocolate and coconut.

The birthday was a happy occasion at which Joy was able to celebrate her grandfather and show off what she has been doing as she pursues her education at Kennesaw State University toward her career.

Joy said it was a honor to host the special birthday event for her grandfather who was able to become the patriarch of his family because he survived his military service to come home to raise a family.

Roy Wallis enters the ballroom of the Braselton-Stover House with granddaughter Joy and daughter Danell Baber. See more about the special celebration at ClickThePaper.com

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Ricky Fitzpatrick is an awardwinning Christian folk and children’s singer, songwriter and worship leader living in Apple Valley. His column series will continue in The Paper. Up next: Chapter Five and beyond

Purchasing commercial real estate represents a large expenditure and a transaction that most people do not do frequently. Although a qualified commercial broker is a necessity for such a large undertaking, it helps to know the basics. Most commercial will tell you that an informed client makes a deal go much smoother.

Like any contract, once signed, a purchase agreement is binding. By executing the contract, each party agrees to the terms of the deal spelled out within. A typical purchase agreement, however, includes contingencies and time-frames that make the deal more difficult to get out of.

Earnest money accompanies the executed agreement as a sign of good faith. That money is not forfeited until after the due diligence period has expired. Before that, if the buyer proves the property does not meet certain contingencies spelled out in the contract, he can recoup part or all of his money.

When the contingency period has expired, the buyer can still walk away from the deal, but it will cost money. In some cases, the purchase agreement is structured to include a second payment of earnest money following the contingency period, increasing the cost of breaking the deal after that point. Be aware of these clauses in the agreement, and make sure you allot enough time to complete due diligence.

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purchases available. Call 770-307-3633 ext. 205 or email peaceplace@peaceplaceinc.org if you would like to support the tournament as a donor. Tax-deductible monetary donations, raffle items, food, gift certificates, etc., are welcome. Sponsorships are also sought by the Sept. 1 deadline. Call Nikki Tobias at 770-307-3633 ext.

206 or email ntobias@peaceplaceinc.org Free dance classes. Jug Tavern Squares is sponsoring square dance classes from 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the YMCA in Winder. Membership or partners not required. If you are interested, contact Buddy or Sharon Davis by calling 770-513-1189 or emailing davisrm11@att.net or mysharona11@att.net.

You can also contact Boyd or Teresa McLocklin at 770-5403341or email bmclock@ bellsouth.net. Why Square Dance? It’s great fun, gets your brain working, gets you off the couch, you meet lots of active, fun people, you laugh a lot, taught in English everywhere. The National Square Dance Convention will be in Georgia in 2019, and you will get to dance with people from all over the world. Opportunity is knocking so don’t miss out.

Dinner theatre. The Jefferson Community Theatre presents the comedy/murder dinner theatre “Southern Fried Murder” written by Billy St. John and directed by Christine Dalton and Diane Norton-Bagwell on Sept. 18 and 19 at the Jefferson Civic Center, located at 65 Kissam St., in Jefferson. The shows begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person or $40 per couple. Tickets are available online at www.jeffersoncommunitytheatre.com or call 706-367-5714 for more information.

Braselton Bash car show. The Chip Foose Select Group

Braselton Bash will not be held at YearOne in Braselton for 2015. The Chip Foose event is being rescheduled for next year due to a scheduling conflict but the Hot Rodders Children’s Charities will still be holding a regular Braselton Bash participant vote car show Saturday, Sept. 19, from noon to 7 p.m. with a $5 entry fee due at the gate. Spectators are admitted for free. There is a top 10 Participant Vote car show with prize drawings, a burn out exhibition, kids’ area with inflatables, food vendors and sponsors and vendor displays. For more information about the Hot Rodders Children’s Charities and YearOne, visit www. hotrodderschildrenscharity. org and www.yearone.com

same location on a course laid out by Classic Race Services. Register online at Active.com up until a few days before the race or come on race day at 7 a.m. To be guaranteed a T-shirt, register

by Sept. 14. All donations are tax deductible. Visit www. piedmontcasa.org or check them out on Facebook.

Volunteer Appreciation Day. Friends of the BraseltonWest Jackson Library will hold a Volunteer Appreciation Day on Sept. 21 from 1-3 p.m. at Higher Grounds Coffee House. This is for all volunteers and substitutes.

Come join the fun which will include light refreshments and a chance to win door prizes including a gift certificate to Cotton Calf Kitchen, a classic American steakhouse which will be downtown Braselton’s newest restaurant. Located in the Braselton Brothers Store complex whichis part of the town’s hstoric redevelopment project, will be serving dry-aged steaks. Reservations to the volunteer appreciation event are desired and can be made by calling Marilyn Deal at 770-289-7224 or 770-9653319 or email Dan Aldridge at friendsbwjlibrary@gmail. net. There is also a signup sheet in the AFTERWORDS store.

Pink Partini Fashion Gala for Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia . Tanger Outlets and Northridge Medical Center have announced that they are partnering to organize a fundraising event on Oct. 1 to benefit the Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia.

The event will be called the Pink Partini Fashion Gala.

It will take place at the Jefferson Civic Center. The fun evening out will consist of a cocktail hour featuring delicious appetizers and tasty treats, a silent auction, all followed by a first class fashion show. Tickets to the Pnik Partini will cost $20 and are available at both Tanger Outlets and the Northridge Medical Center. Additional ticket outlets include the Jackson Medicine Center and Sassafrass Salon. Tickets can be purchased in advance at: Tanger Outlets, Northridge Medical Center, Sassfrass Salon and Jackson Medicine Center. The goal is to sell at least 200 tickets and to raise $2,000, according to Tricia Massey, director of outreach for the Northridge Medical Center. Sponsorship information can be obtained by contacting either Tricia Massey at Northridge Medical Center or Mark Valentine at Tanger Outlets.

Superhero Run for Piedmont CASA. Grab your Superhero costume and join Piedmont CASA on Sept. 26 at Fort Yargo State Park for the fourth annual Superhero Run. The family fun run/1k begins at 8 a.m. at picnic shelter #2. The trail run begins at 8:30 a.m. from the

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Free photo event. Never the Rock Photography’s 10th anniversary celebration will be a free photo event at the Braselton Gallery. It will be from 4-6 .m. on Oct. 8. People can come in and get a free digital photo taken which will be email to them by photographer Sarina Roth. You can bring for family for a group shot or have individuals made.

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Try not to be ‘that’ mother-in-law by ignoring wishes Carolyn Hax is away. In her absence, we are offering columns from her archive.

Dear Carolyn: I’ve upset my daughter-inlaw deeply, but am not sure exactly why. She is a stayat-home mom. She offered to watch their 16-month-old son for the weekend while my husband and son went on a father-son hike for my husband’s birthday. I thought this would be a good opportunity for just us girls to spend time together. I also don’t drive much and don’t love being home alone when my husband is gone.

For these reasons, I suggested that I also drive up with my husband and help her out. In no uncertain terms, she said that would “not be the best thing” and gave a few reasons it wouldn’t work out.

Well, I surprised my son and daughter-in-law by coming up anyway. Much to my dismay, when my daughter-in-law saw me, she

Carolyn Hax burst into tears and ran out of the room. My son wasn’t pleased with me nor was my husband, who “thought I had worked it all out.”

How do I remedy a situation when I don’t know what the issue is? I don’t want to be “that” mother-in-law.

— How to Be Close?

The issue is that you showed complete disregard for your daughter-in-law’s wishes because you wanted to visit.

She wanted to be alone with her child for the weekend, for countless possible reasons that may have had nothing to do with you.

Maybe she just wanted to live by her own rhythms for

a weekend. Maybe she had some girl time planned with friends. Maybe she and your son have been arguing, and she just wanted a few days to think.

Instead, she had to host you, and it’s tiring to host anyone, much less a “surprise” guest.

I think you have to go beyond an apology and offer to make it up to her somehow: “I see now that I imposed myself on you unforgivably, so I’d like to give you a makeup weekend somehow — we’ll watch the baby while you and Son get away, or we’ll treat you to a weekend away for the three of you.” If you can’t manage the trip or afford the gift, then send a gift card to a restaurant they like. Something tangible, ASAP.

nnn Dear Carolyn: I’ve spent most of my life working toward a certain career. Now, in my senior year of college, with acceptance

to my grad school of choice and employment for when I graduate, I’m thinking about going a very different route.

With grad school, I’m basically locked in for 15 years.

If I don’t take this offer now, it’s unlikely I’ll get it again.

Plus, EVERYONE knows!

That shouldn’t matter, but I’m afraid of disappointing those around me, and myself. Any words of wisdom?

— Major Shift?

It might be time for a year or three off. As in, off a defined path -- which can be anything from wage work in a resort area to the Peace Corps to interning for a pet cause or whatever your imagination and finances permit.

Some schools would rather have students defer enrollment and come back fully committed than enter right away only to burn out, so see if that’s possible. Visit your school’s career counseling office, too. Find room to breathe. You made it to

adulthood without seriously challenging a child’s notion of who you are. I’m plainly biased, but I believe the decisions you make after you try on a few different kinds of lives are better than the ones you make from a linear path. nnn Dear Carolyn: At 12, I wanted to be a journalist. I spent the next 10 years working toward that goal -- only to discover my senior year that I wasn’t so sure. I felt it was too late to back out and had a job lined up, so I just went with it ... and a year later, I was completely burned out. It had been the wrong choice, but I’d been too stubborn to admit it.

I’m now doing something completely different, though luckily my education wasn’t a total waste. I also determined that I’m not a “career” person. I’m a job person who pursues a wide variety of hobbies in her

free time and this lifestyle is so much more my speed.

— Anonymous

Thanks for this.

It’s also possible that life is longer than we expect.

Maybe journalism was right for you -- for a decade. And now working to live versus living to work is right for you. And maybe a decade hence, a “career” will call to you just as journalism once did. And you’ll decide you’re fine with replacing hobby time with specialized training, because you have the life experience and the resulting self-knowledge to trust this impulse.

Point being, some lives are less like a novel and more like a short-story anthology, and that’s perfectly valid -- as long as you follow through on your emotional commitments, like sticking around to raise your kids..

Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www. washingtonpost.com.

North Georgia Reads Program to host #1 bestselling author Homer Hickam

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He is best known for ‘Rocket Boys’ which was adapted into the movie ‘October Sky’

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Gwinnett County Public Library, Hall County Library System and Piedmont Regional Library System will welcome Homer Hickam, best known for his #1 New York Times best-selling memoir Rocket Boys which was adapted into the everpopular movie October Sky, for North Georgia Reads, a regional book signing event on Oct. 17 and 18.

Hickam will speak at Lanier Technical College in Winder at 3 p.m. on Oct. 17 and at the Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center in Norcross at 3 p.m. on Oct. 18.

North Georgia Reads was created to promote collaboration between neighboring library systems and bring bestselling authors to a community of 29 libraries in the

region.

Hickam is the winner of the prestigious University of Alabama’s Clarence Cason Award and the Appalachian Heritage Writer’s Award for his memoirs and fiction plus many other writing awards including an honorary Doctorate of Literature from Marshall University.

Hickam has been a coal miner, Vietnam combat veteran, scuba instructor, NASA engineer and now a best-selling author.

Lanier Technical CollegeBarrow Campus is located at 965 Austin Road in Winder, and the Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center is located at 10 College St. Both events are free and books will be available for purchase and signing.

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HUMANE SOCIETY of jackson county HAPPENINGS The Humane Society of Jackson County was founded by a concerned citizen Marjorie Butler in 1998.

Since the inception, the organization has been guided by volunteers. The goal has always been to provide a better quality of life for the animals of Jackson County.

The Humane Society purchased 31 acres in Jefferson to build a campus for animals. The campus style facility would also provide a place for children to learn about animals, interact with animals and assist with caring for the animals. The Humane Society is working towards the campus being a multifunctioning facility that can serve as a neutral ground for victimized children to meet with investigators and counselors. The campus vision is to provide a safe and loving environment to all forms of life.

The Humane Society has noticed an increased number

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of calls to report abandoned and stray animals since the county’s animal control office was reconstructed. At this time, the Humane Society is needing more foster homes so we can be help the animals in Jackson County find a forever home. The Humane Society also offers lowcost spay/neuter through local veterinarians to alleviate pet overpopulation.

Planning has commenced for the fall activities. Follow the Humane Society of Jackson County on Facebook and www.hsjc.com for updates.

Benefitting The Tree House, the children’s advocacy center serving Jackson, Barrow and Banks counties, Primal Rush 2015 was held Aug. 29 at Crow’s Lake. Offering a kids’ fun run, a 5K a 10K and half marathon, Primal Rush was presented by Walton Development and supported by a number of other sponsors. See more scenes from Primal Rush at ClickThePaper.com

Fall activities include the second annual Pet Memorial to be held Sept. 12 in the Jackson EMC auditorium.

Submit pictures of animals that have crossed the rainbow bridge to becky@hsjc

by Sept. 5.

On Oct. 24, Mimosas for Mutts will be held at the Commerce Civic Center. Check Facebook for updates.

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Jackson County’s Madi Pecht makes a throw to first base.

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Caitlin Cantrell cut the deficit to 6-2, but was caught in a rundown which ended the inning.

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A stop by the defense on the next Leopards’ possesion was enough to deflate the Banks County crowd and all momentum the Leopards had built.

Will Thomas scored from 20 yards out to give the Tigers a 28-13 lead. Brooks followed that with a 2-yard run and a 15-yard pass to Wood, giving the Tigers a 42-13 lead at halftime.

The scoring continued in the second half, first on a 5-yard run by Chancey,

fourth, Lott sent Pecht home in the fifth on a sacrifice fly and the Lady Panthers led 8-2.

The lead grew to seven when Kendrix connected for a two-run homer (10-3) in the sixth inning.

Jefferson managed only three more runs (10-6). which was set up by a 47-yard run from Thomas. Then, Austin Brock took his first carry of the game 76 yards to set the score at 55-13.

Thomas led the Tigers’ ground attack with 170 yards (123 in the first half) and a touchdown on nine carries.

“Honestly, it had a lot to do with my blocking,” Thomas said about his performance.

“That’s the hardest we’ve ever played.

“If we can continue to come together like that, we’ll be hard to stop.”

Commerce opens up Region 8-A play tomorrow night at Hebron Christian.

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Mill Creek Cross Country Results

From The Paper staff reports

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The Mill Creek Hawks boys’ cross country team took home a first-place finish at the 2015 Saucony Battle of Atlanta at Nash Farms Battlefield in Hampton.

Sam Costa clocked a time of 16:05 to lead the Hawks. Noah Hollis finished with a time of 16:33, and Gavin Childers broke the 17-minute mark, finishing with a time of 16:49.

Delaney Moore (17:08) and Eric O’Hara (17:13) rounded out the top-five finishers.

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Primary duties will include: Generate journal entries for month-end close.

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Will perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge of MAS90 a plus.

We offer a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

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CWT, Inc., a poultry egg operating company in Gainesville GA, is seeking to fill a position in our accounting department as Financial Controller.

The primary responsibility is establishing and maintaining accounting practices, principles, and procedures. This position requires a BS Degree in Accounting, 5 years of accounting experience, CPA and management experience preferred.

For more information, go to www.aviagen. com; submit resumes to careers@aviagen. com. We are an EEOC employer that offers competitive wages and benefits.

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JOBS - Construction GEN. CONSTRUCTION Gainesville area. Pay based on experience.

678-914-3400 HELPER needed for drug free fire sprinkler co. Exp, ability to run pwr machine a+. Call 770-534-3575 M-F, 8-5 WELDERS & CON STRUCTION WORKERS needed immediately.

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JOBS - Medical Busy Occupational Health clinic is seeking a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA).

Must have at least 2 years experience.

Candidates with Occupational Medicine experience preferred.

Training is available.

Must be a team player with a good attitude and work ethic and show initiative. Bilingual is a plus. Fax resume to 770-536-0905 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 3pm-11pm shift Georgia Correctional Healthcare is currently seeking LPNs at Arrendale State Prison in Alto, GA. Offering advanced technology and professional challenges to grow and develop your skills, these exciting opportunities require current GA nursing license and 1 year experience. APPLY NOW at www.gru.edu/ jobs As part of the Georgia Regents University, we offer excellent health and retirement benefits along with a generous holiday, sick leave and annual leave package.

Learn more by checking out our career video at www. gru.edu/gchc AA/EOE/Equal Access/ ADA Employer Medical Assistant needed for fast paced cardiology practice.

Successful candidate will be a motivated team player focused on delivering excellent patient care. Experience preferred, MA certification required.

Competitive salary and benefits. Please fax resume to 678-677-8018.

Nurses Needed: LPN – 12 hour shifts every Saturday & Sunday.

Caregivers – CNA not required 3p – 11p & 11p – 7a shifts available Please apply within at: The Waterford At Oakwood, 4251 Hudson Drive, Oakwood, GA 30566 770-297-6900.

The Longstreet Clinic, P.C. is seeking candidates for the following positions: Comprehensive Care-Gainesville is seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Provider to work every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This position is considered full-time and will be eligible for TLC benefits. The work schedule will be comprised of 9a/9p on Thursday and Friday and 10/6 on Saturday.

Interested candidates must be certified and eligible for licensure in Georgia. Competitive compensation and benefits package is available to include paid time off and CME allowance.

Professional Recruiter/ Outreach Specialist Full-time position blending recruitment and marketing in support of TLC’s continued growth and expansion. Hone your skills in marketing, public relation and recruitment while developing relationships with physicians, patients and employees.

Candidates will have a bachelors degree with strong organizational and communication skills. This is a great opportunity to work with incredible people while expanding your skill set.

The Center for Women’s Health is seeking CMA/RMA/LPNs for a clinical assistant position. Hours are Monday-Friday. Prefer OB/GYN and triage experience.

The Center for Women’s Health is seeking candidates for a certified medical coder. Certified Professional Coder (CPC) is required. CEMC certification is preferred.

Prefer 2-5 years of OB/ GYN coding experience.

Previous Centricity Group Management/IDX experience a plus.

The Longstreet Clinic, P.C. is one of the largest private medical practices in North Georgia. With over 600 employees, we offer competitive compensation and generous benefits.

Please visit our website at www.longstreetclinic .com to apply. Click on the Careers tab to review a complete list of employment opportunities and to submit your application.

Watkins Total Healthcare, an integrated medical/ chiropractic practice looking for a high energy full time Certified Medical Assistant.

Hours would be Monday thru Thursday, 7:30 AM to CLOSE (usually around 6:30 pm). Tasking include working with Nurse Practitioner, assisting with TPI’s, EKG, and Vascular Screenings, taking patient vital signs, blood draws, working with patients on patient histories, chief complaints, etc. entering date into EHR system, educating patients on braces and tens units, taking x-rays (MUST have x-ray safety course certificate OR be willing to take the 6-hour course on-line).

We do not offer medical insurance, but we do offer in-house medical services. Must believe in chiropractic care.

Please send resume to: jhanlin@watkinstotal healthcare.com or FAX to 770-534-9553

JOBS - Misc. Help Wanted CIRCULATION DEPT is seeking prospects for future route delivery in Northeast Georgia.

Must be 18 or older w/ valid driver’s license & insured vehicle. Must have reliable vehicle & backup substitute.

Areas Available: •North Hall •Flowery Branch •Gainesville •Oakwood •Dawsonville •Clermont For more information, please call our carrier hotline: 770-535-6347. or e-mail: dbeckwith@ gainesvilletimes.com Delivery Driver/Route Developers.

National co. now hiring.

Earn 30k plus annually and benefits. No CDL required. 678-456-9189; 941-284-7758

Experienced Operator for Mini Trackhoe and Skidsteer & LABORERS needed. Call David at 770-616-2482 Landscape Maintenance Crewman: Part of a three-person grounds maintenance team. Maintenance crewman operates all power equipment, including edgers, string trimmers, large mowers and small push mowers.

Interview 10am -2pm, Tuesday, Sept. 1st, HighGrove Partners* 945 Union Hill Rd* Alpharetta, GA 30004*call or text (404) 388.4941 Moving Crew Helpers needed to assist in loading/unloading trucks. Heavy lifting required. Must pass bkgrd chk & drug test, as well as work flexible hrs. Apply in person at Adams Transfer & Storage, 800 Georgia Ave, Gainesville.

JOBS - Part-Time Help Wanted Champion Aviation seeking part-time positions, Fueling, parking, aircraft, passenger assistance.

Aviation experience pref.

Call Steve 770 532 4136 or email steve1500atp@ gmail.com

JOBS - Production Greenhouse flower production and shipping. Employment Sept 1 - Nov. $9.00/hr Apply in person MonFri 9-3 at Abbott Creek Nursery, 884 Thompson Rd, Dawsonville Ga 30534. 706-265-1607

JOBS - Professional Center Director Head Start program seeking director for Hall County. Responsible for supervision of 50 + staff, local program activities @ multiple sites, developing partnerships with local community agencies, managing center budget, staff and parent training.

Skills/Abilities: Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, follow directions with minimum instruction, multi task, plan, organize and evaluate effectively.

Qualifications: Degree in ECE, Social Work, Business Administration or related field with a minimum of 6 months childcare experience; minimum 2 years supervisory/ management experience; knowledge of child care regulations; knowledge of local community, its citizens and resources; strong computer skills with experience in Windows based software; valid driver’s license with vehicle that can be used on the job; must secure an acceptable criminal records check; Spanish speaking desirable; EOE. Interested candidates should submit resume to kay.laws@ndohs.org.

Deadline for submission – September 7, 2015.

JOBS - Technical Job Openings: PM Technician and Set Up The Cleveland facility of Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies needs a few highly technical associates with the following attributes and skills to work 1st shift, 10 hours from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

•Steady work history in manufacturing or similar work environment.

•HS diploma or GED, minimum Technical school diploma, preferred •Mechanical aptitude required •Previous set-up experience required •Knowledge of metrics required •Previous maintenance experience preferred •Above average attendance required •Must work overtime and flexible shifts as needed •Technical school diploma preferred Rubber Set-Up Work schedule D-12 hour shift •Knowledge of basic computer skills preferred •Ability to make basic mathematical calculations •Ability to work overtime, weekends and flexible schedule •Ability to apply commonsense in understanding and carry out inspections furnished in written, oral or diagram form •HS diploma or GED, minimum Apply in person at:

One NOK Drive, Cleveland, GA Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

E/O/E

*Requires payment in advance.

JOBS - Trades GM Dealership Techs Jim Hardman Buick GMC, Inc. offers from $12.00 to $32.00 hour based on qualification and experience. Great shop, No Sundays. Call Paul Fuller 770-718-3140 Jim Hardman Buick GMC, Inc. is growing WE NEED QUICK SERVICE/OIL CHANGE TECHNICIANS pay $12.00 per hour plus spiffs. Great shop, No Sundays. Call Paul Fuller 770-718-3140

JOBS - Truck Drivers CDL CLASS A DRIVERS needed. Local & OTR positions. Benefits, Exc. pay. 2yrs exp., clean MVR. Sign on Bonus.

770-887-6117 DELIVERY DRIVER CDL A or B Delivery Driver.

Lumber Company in Cumming is looking for a lumber distribution driver. Duties are, but not limited to: Deliver Building Materials to residential building sites using T/T, tandem axle flatbed, or flatbed dump.

Unload or pick up materials from job site. Previous industry experience preferred but willing to train.

Visit bvlumber. com for more info, Please send resume to jack.struve@ bvlumber.com or call 706-300-2378 .

Driver - CDL/A $3000 Sign On Bonus for Experienced Drivers Paid Out within 30 days of 1st dispatch!

HOME WEEKLY NEW Southeast Regional PAY INCREASE! Company & Independent Contractors Needed 6 Day Refresher Course Avail.

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855-378-9335 EOE KLLM.com FT/PT CLASS A-CDL DRIVERSto haul live chickens in Gainesville, GA. $1500 Sign On Bonus Must have 2 yrs verifiable exp, good MVR. Night Shift, local positions, home daily, benefits. Call 770-5303157 or 804-784-6166

Stuff Auctions ESTATE AUCTION, Sat 8/29, 6137 Thompson Bridge Rd. Murrayville, Vict. antiques, MT furn, clocks, dolls, glass, china, primitives, paintings, 97 Crown Vict, Full listing & pics at www. penceheritage-es.com

Cemetery Lots for Sale 2 CEMETERY LOTS, Memorial Park, Floral Garden Section. Retail for $9,500. Sell for $5,000 negotiable.

770-827-9909 2 CEMETERY LOTS, side-by-side, Memorial Park, by lake, + one free vault, Gainesville.

Reduced to $3000. 706969-1098 3 Niches. Memorial Park Cemetery. $2000 for all 3 or 2 for $1800. 419699-3648

Furniture

COFFEE TABLE, great cond., light honey colored, from Rooms-toGo, $50.

770-561-5308 Dining Set- 6 pc. Good cond. $400/obo; Wood Futon. $75/obo; 404402-9077

MOVING SALEBeautiful Formal Dining Room Furniture.

Table with 6 Chairs & China Cabinet- Cherry finish, Like New. $1800; High Kitchen Table with 6 bar type Chairs & Hutch- cherry finish $800; Entertain Ctr. cherry finish $500; 770532-2334 Leave message TV ENTERTAINMENT CENTER/ WALL UNIT, 4 pieces, 98”W x 77”H x 22”D (TV stand is 50”W) lighted w/ glass doors on right & left side of TV stand, 4 doors across the bottom. Very nice, solid wood, $600. 770561-5308

Lawn Equipment Cub Cadet Z Force ZTR, 44” cut w/ Kohler 20 HP engine. Only 158 hours.

New blades, cuts great and runs great. Fresh service. $1500, Call 678997-8745 DR FIELD & BRUSH MOWER. 18.5 hp, Kawasaki Pro-XL w/26 inch deck, plus brush blade, chains, manual.

Approx. 25 hrs use. $2,700. 770-531-9738 LAWN TRACTORS Craftsman, 42”, 15.5 OHV Kohler engine, $400; OR 46” Polan 18.5 HP B&S Twin, new mower deck, $500. 706654-4850

Misc. For Sale FORD 2001 Mustang, convertible, $2,500; Car Tow Dolly $750; King size Bed, new, $250; Air Compressor, $55; Small refrigerator, $55. 770771-2685 GOLF CART 2010 Club.

New red body, lights, new red & wht striped seats, new batteries. $2500. 678-897-7344 Large Combined Planer/Jointer, MiniMax, MC90 FSB35, Ideal for small cabinet shop or expert craftsman.

Tables end to end 63”, width capacity about 15”, depth capacity 9”.

Has slot mortiser on side (works great). Weight 705 lbs. Extra blades and knife setter. Very Good Cond. $1000/obo., Dahlonega, 706-8678972 Moving Sale. Household Items for sale. Furniture, exercise equipment, dining room table, etc..

Call 404-826-0429 for prices and information.

Call between 4:30 P.M and 10:00 P.M. Organ- Lowry Model G160 with bench. $395 Treadmill- Nordic Track Solaris $250; Vacuum cleaner, Kirby Sentra all attachments . Near new $595; Vacuum CleanerRoyal Classic . Like new $350; Lawn Mower- self propelled. Husqvarna HU700F. Never used $295; Outboard Vintage 1941 Johnson Sea Horse w/rack $195. Bicycle Huffy Cranbrook Cruiser $150; Set of two end tables, two floor lamps and one coffee table.

Matching marble tops & antique brass bases.

Exc Cond. $1495; 3 Bar Stools beautifully upholstered. Like New. $125; Trimmer Ryobi 1hp . New in box $95; Trimmer. Worx, cordless $75; Tiller Troy-Bilt 4-cycle. $150; Wood Gun Cabinet. $125 706-867-8848 PIERCE’S PINE STRAW - 1507 Martin Luther King Blvd. would like to announce at my regret slash pine straw will soon be a thing of the past. Government will not pay farmers to plant the slash pine anymore only long needle to be replanted. We now have only long needle straw for sale. To pick up- straw price per bale $4 under 50 bales, 50 bales or more $3.75, delivered $4.25. Call me 678-617-0403 or call 678-677-6352 Thank-You! QUEEN PILLOWTOP SET- Brand New! $200. Still in plastic.

678-923-2660

Musical Instruments PIANO FOR SALE One owner. Well maintained. Great for beginner or rec room.

706-864-5351 or gpat@ windstream.net for details, photo. $275

Pets & Supplies FREE KITTENS- 5 wk old male. blk with wht feet & wht chest. Also (6) 7wk old Kittens. Wht w/ gold spots and wht w/ blk spots. All Litter Box Trained & Shots. Need good home, Jefferson area. 706-367-7291

FREE TO GOOD HOME. 7 year old German Rottweiler (male neutered), house broken, crate trained, knows basic obedience commands, good with cars, leash, older kids, cats, non-aggressive dogs. Must have good reference, steady income, home with fenced yard.

Text message only to 770-361-7290

Heavily Wooded one acre and above Lot. Many with creek frontage. Tecks Mill Creek area in Dahlonega, GA. Great family retreat or bug out location. Contact 941753-8625

GERMAN SHEPHERD AKC. Pups. Sable . 1st shots, dewormed. 4 males $750 ea. 1 fem. $650. Go to facebook youngskennel To see pics.

678-936-8538

COMMERCIAL 0.27 acres.

Corner of Industrial Blvd & Mt. Crest Dr. $89,900 770-967-6222 No Realtors Please!

Antique Cars/Trucks

House For Sale-Hall County

CHEVY 1980 Corvette, black T-top. Call 770536-6144 to see car.

Serious inquiries only.

GERMAN SHORT HAIRED POINTER puppies, AKC reg., $800.

706-348-3180 MINI DACHSHUNDPups. CKC pedigree.

Born 7/7/15. $350. 706809-8388 Shih Poo Puppies for sale 1 male 3 female, 8 weeks, CKC registered, tails bobbed, duke claws removed. shots up to date, non shed, call 706-754-0468 or 706768-1125

Homes-Rentals Duplexes For Rent 3BR/1BA. Brick. In city Very Nice $845 678-617-5073

Houses For RentUnfurnished E. Hall 2BR/1BA. Very Clean. No pets. $560 mo, $400 dep. 770-536-3217 N. HALL - CABIN Quiet. 1BR/1BA. $600+ dep+utils & Ref. No pets. 770-536-5509

Roommates Wanted MEN- $400. Furn Pvt home, BR, All Priv + Xtras, Oakwood. 770530-1110

Wanted To Rent I WANT TO RENT or LEASE 3BR/2BA minimum, a rural private country living home with an out- building/ shop or basement.

Within 30 miles of Gainesville, by owner.

Responsible trustworthy tenant w/2 person family, no pets, handy man type. 770-7784020 dadspecialty@gmail .com

Homes & Real Estate Acreage For Sale

Business Property For Sale

2BR/1BA In City. Owner Financing. $87,500. 678316-3718

House For SaleSurrounding

BY OWNER- Split 3BR/2BA Open Ranch.

Lrg Bonus rm. Near Mill Creek High, Jr High & Elementary. $224,900.

Call for appt. 770-6173600

Lake Property For Sale Almost 3acres, 275’ on Lake Lanier. Deep water cove with dock. Fixer Upper, 3BR/1BA House with Trailer & Camper hook-ups. Shirley Rd., Gainesville, GA. $825,900/Or Reasonable Offer.. 770-967-6222 No Realtors Please FSBO- Gainesville.

7.74 gently sloping acres of large hardwoods.

Adjoins Lake Lanier Corps of Engineer property. View of lake & mountains, beautful building sites on every acre. Fronts Hwy 60 N. Commercial potential, natural gas, AT&T and city water on property 706-658-6881

Star Craft Camper For Sale. Sleeps 6-8, Excellent Cond. $2600.

678-316-4775

Wheels

Autos For Sale FORD 1967 DUMP TRUCK- Steel bed, dbl cyl., $2,500 Toyota 2000 Camry- low miles, new eng. $2000; 943 Bobcat Skid Steer, 1991. $4500; Case Davis Articulating BackHoe Trencher, $2,000, needs HYD hoses. Many Items For Sale. Commercial Mowers, Equipment & Tools. Randall Edwards 706-652-3362; cell: 470-201-7833

FORD 1999 Taurus SE, 157K miles, V6 Duratec engine. Super reliable transportation. Very sound, very solid, runs great! Looks good in/ out. Everything works. $2,100. 678-200-0812 TOYOTA 1996 Corolla 205,000 mi, Black, runs great. New tires, sun roof. ~25 mpg. Cheap to maintain. Call 503758-8488

Import Cars

Lots For Sale RIVER LOTS- (2) one acre each Lot in N. Hall.

Natural gas, city water.

770-534-4454

Recreation Boats & Marine MOVING Party Barge. 24ft, 90hp, Trailer. Good Cond.

Many xtras. In water. $7k/obo.

Bass Boat. Model 1800.

150hp, Trailer, low hrs.

Not in water. $3k/obo.

Air Dyne Stationary Bike. Low miles. Ha! $75/obo 770-531-9394 Nice Mcgregor Venture 22’ W New Sails 2015, Alc stv, Hull/bottom work W fresh paint 2013, roll furl, portpot, Trail inc $4k 770-337-9187 AQLND T46 Srs Inq Only!

RV’s/Travel Trailers 3 Bed / 2 Bath Home on 36 +/- Acres Sat. Sept. 12 @ 11am 8530 Skitts Mountain Rd., Lula Robin Huff 404-3680683 Terms & Inspection Dates visit WWW.ATLBID.COM Charles Gay Realty & Auction GAL #129

PACE ARROW 1997 Motorhome-34’, gas, fully self-cont’d w/Onan 6500 gen., satellite & flat screeen TV, 2 A/C’s, 5 awnings, new tires, leveling jacks, Very Clean. 35k miles. $14,900/obo. 678-4002188

HURRICANE 2004 MH. 33ft. Exc Cond.

Priced to sell at $29,900. $8000 below mkt value.

2 slides, new tires, new canopies all around, new rear video system, 2 A/C units, Ford V10 eng in Exc cond. 36k mi. Sleeps 6, Sleep Number queen bed, 5.5 gen., full winter cover. Call 770-539-4301

MAZDA 3 Sport 2006 Hatch, red, 2.3L, auto, Great Cond &mpg. $7895. 404-667-6768

Motorcycles KAWASAKI 2008 Vulcan 900 Classic, black, w/ extras, 17K miles, 1 owner, exc. cond., $3,200. 770-983-3600 YAMAHA 1998 Verago 1100. many extras. 17k miles. Very Good Cond. $2300. 770-530-7672 YAMAHA 2003 XV1600 AT. Gray. 29, 317 miles.

Great Cond. $4500 678696-5237; 678-943-4319

Trucks CHEVY 1982 1 ton 4dr. . 350 eng, 400 trans. new wheel cylilnders/ master cylinder/alt/ battery. Good tires. Ray, 770-534-7348,

Vans CHRYSLER 2013 Handicap Equipped with scooter lift. 43k miles w protection plan through 2019. $23,000.

Lula. 770-519-2690 DODGE 2002 Grand Caravan. 1 owner, 130k $2750. 706-864-2188; 706-300-0131 aft 11am